The Vividha Vidya Pratishthan’s Vishnu R. Gauns Memorial Higher Secondary School is established in June, 1994 with Arts and Commerce streams in village Navelim of Bicholim taluka. Our school is being centrally located in the most convenient place to cater to the needs of the students of Navelim as well as the neighboring villages. It was started with a strong urge to provide personalized approach and attention in imparting the knowledge to prepare rural students to face competitive world, which otherwise was diminishing in the Urban Education Centers due to over-crowding. To meet the growing demand of vocation education and in accordance with National Policy of Education, in the year 1995-96 Society introduced the vocational course ‘Office Secretaryship and Stenography’, in 2000-2001 ‘Automobile Engineering Technology’, then in 2003-2004 ‘Health Care Science’. From the academic year 2005-2006 Science stream was commenced. The Higher Secondary School is recognized by the Directorate of Education, Government of Goa and the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education.

Late shri Gurudas Prabhakar Gauns was born on 06th October 1966 in the Gauns family of Navelim village of Bicholim Taluka. At the age of 16 he got registered Vividha Sports Club. He joined the government service as Program Officer in Art and Culture department. Many students used to discontinue their education after SSCE. He was advised to start higher secondary school by one of his well wisher. Accordingly in 1994, permission to start higher secondary school was given to the society named vividha sports club, now renamed as Vividha Vidya Pratishthans with school named as V. R. Gauns Memorial Higher Secondary School. He left government job and joined the higher secondary school to personally look in the matter of school as teacher grade-I and eventually became the Principal. He continued his social work and started Vividha urban credit cooperative society in 1996. His political career began with two defeats and finally in 2007 he became MLA of Pale constituency but his health and fate did not support him and he died in 2008.

To impart sound, wholesome education for moral and intellectual development of the students, with a view to enable them to play a constructive role in the personal development and Nation Building.

Our mission is to provide a joyful learning environment that empowers children to reach their educational and personal potential while nurturing their self-confidence and self esteem.