VIVEKANANDA KENDRA VIDYALAYA (NEEPCO) DOYANG

Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya (NEEPCO) Doyang is situated in the campus of Doyang Hydro Electric Project (DHEP), (NEEPCO), Doyang, and District: Wokha, Nagaland. The Vidyalaya was established in the year 2000. The Vidyalaya has co-educational facility and is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi. It prepares the students for All India Secondary School Examination (class-X) conducted by the Board. Though the Vidyalaya has English as medium of Instructions, equal emphasis is given to Hindi and Sanskrit in the curriculum.

The Education system in our Vidyalaya is based on the philosophy of Swami Vivekananda “Man Making Education” i.e. value based nationalistic education which not only makes the child educated, self reliant, confident, independent, truthful and selfless with noble character but also takes care of child’s five fold development i.e. Physical, Mental, Emotional, Intellectual and Spiritual level. Besides the regular academic syllabus, a number of co-curricular activities are also included in the curriculum to develop students’ all-round performance and also which will help in culturing their emotions and inculcate good values. Students are also encouraged to take part in different inter- school and intra- school meets.

Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya (NEEPCO) Doyang is located in a pleasant natural ambiance which is surrounded by hills. 71 km away from Golaghat (Assam) and 57 km from Merapani, the border station between Assam and Nagaland, Doyang is surrounded by beautiful hills.

The name Doyang is derived from the river Doyang which flows down the Valley. It is the longest and the largest river in the Lotha- Naga area. It runs through the foot hills of the Japhu Mountain, the highest mountain range in Nagaland, across the western part of Lotha area, down the plains (Asom). Doyang is about 28 kms. away from Wokha, the district head quarters of Lothas.

There are about 16 major jana-jaties in Nagaland. Lotha is one of the important jana-jaties of Naga habitants of Doyang. The main occupation of the people is agriculture and hunting. They do Jhoom cultivation. They have a very rich cultural heritage. The most important festival of the Lotha community is “ TOKHU EMONG’’ which is celebrated in the first week of November.

The prime feature of Doyang is its 75 MW Hydro-electric Plant run by NEEPCO which is unique in the state. The plant, set up in the year 1976, has various welfare projects which cover medical and educational facilities for the employees as well as local people.