Jenkins School

Jenkins School is a boys school in the Indian state of West Bengal. It was established in 1861 in the town of Cooch Behar.^[1]

Jenkins School
Location
Silver Jubilee Avenue Cooch Behar West Bengal , 736101 India
Coordinates	26.3201513°N 89.4471541°E / 26.3201513; 89.4471541
Information
Type	Government school
Motto	'Shraddhavan Labhate Gyanam! (Wisdom is achieved by tribute)'
Established	1861; 164 years ago (1861)
Founder	Narendra Narayan, Maharaja of Cooch Behar
Faculty	43
Gender	Male
Number of students	1400
Language	Bengali, English
Colors	White and olive green
Affiliation	WBBSE and WBCHSE
Alumni Association	JSAA
Website	coochbehar.gov.in/JenkinsSchool.html

History

Jenkins School gate

After the independence of India in 1947 the princely state of Cooch Behar became the Cooch Behar district of West Bengal in 1950, and Jenkins School became one of the state government schools. The school was under the patronage of the then Maharaja (king) of Cooch Behar, Jagaddipendra Narayan and the government of West Bengal.^[2]

Notable alumni

• Abbasuddin Ahmed, singer
• Maziruddin Ahmed, Cooch Behar politician^[3]
• Mustafa Kamal, former Chief Justice of Bangladesh and Chairman of Law Commission
• Tulsi Lahiri, Bengali actor, director and play writer

See also

• Education in India
• List of schools in India
• Education in West Bengal