Medical facilities: The health of the children is adequately watched over in the hostel. GIET campus has a well-equipped dispensary under the care of a professional Medical Practitioner. No stone is left unturned when it comes to the physical well being of any child. The students are periodically examined by Doctor. Also the services of the General Hospitals, which is located in the vicinity, are extended to the inmates of the hostel whenever necessary.
Other in-house facilities: The hostel has a number of other services in-house to make the stay of the student at the hostel a pleasant experience. They include -
1. A general stores stocking every possible item, from pencils and pins to buckets and bags, as may be required by the students.
2. A library and reading room with a variety collection of general knowledge and children story books apart from comics and other light reading material.
3. An audio-visual parlour to provide wholesome entertainment on weekends and on other special occasions.
4. A computer room with Internet connectivity and multimedia facility with restricted access.
5. A land line telephone with incoming as well as outgoing calls.
6. For artistically inclined students the hostel has ample facilities to pursue their interests of painting, drawing, etc. in their leisure time.
7. For boys keen on indoor games like carom, chess, etc., the hostel has spacious patios.
8. Other than these, the hostel has special rooms and people employed for services like laundry, saloon, etc.
Hostel Mess
The hostel mess caters to all the food and nutritional requirements of the students. They are served a well-balanced and strictly vegetarian diet along with milk at the hostel. The menu for all meal sessions is changed regularly to provide variety and wholesome nourishment.
Sick Ward Pantry: There is also a separate Sick Ward Pantry to prepare special diets as per doctor's advice for students not keeping good health.
Hostel Fees: The hostel charges a fee of Rs. from the students of Class I to Class X for an academic year towards Boarding and Maintenance expenses. In addition, an amount of Rs.1,000 is charged as caution deposit from students of class VIII to X which is refundable after the student's education in the school is complete. The amount can be paid in advance either in preferably one lump sum or in two equal instalments.
A Striking Feature
A wonderful facet of the hostel is that all the services within the hostel are all manned and managed by the students themselves. Whether it is managing the general stores and fruit stall, hostel library and the reading room, serving in the dinning hall, maintaining the dietary kitchen, looking after the hostel garden, running the weekend entertainment presentations, looking after the upkeep of the prayer hall shrine or any other service, boys are encouraged to voluntarily take up some responsibility as per their liking and interests. It serves to infuse in them the virtues of service, co-operation and dignity of labour, besides providing them invaluable work experience.
Daily Schedule The daily routine of activities for the students in the hostel and the school are tabled below:
Suprabhatam (Morning prayer), 5.30 a.m.
Jogging & Games or Yoga, 6.00 a.m.
Breakfast, 7.30 a.m.
School Hours (with one hour lunch break in between), 4.00 p.m.
Tea & Snacks, 4.00 p.m.
Games, 4.30 p.m.
Bhajans, 6.00 p.m.
Dinner, 7.00 p.m.
Study Hours, 7.30 p.m.
Night Milk and Lights off, 10 p.m.
Sleeping times are fixed differently according to the age group of the students.