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Private school in Kolkata, West Bengal From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
South Point is a higher-secondary co-educational private school located in Kolkata, West Bengal and affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education, consisting of three organisations – South Point School (nursery to Class V), South Point High School (classes VI to XII) and South Point Education Society (administrative authority).[4][5] The school operates in two shifts for all classes: morning and afternoon. The school opened in 1954 and was the first co-educational school in Kolkata. Higher secondary (10+2) education was introduced in 1960.
| South Point School and South Point High School, Kolkata | |
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 South Point High School entrance | |
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Birla Building, 9/1 R. N. Mukherjee Road[1] (Education Society) 16 Mandeville Gardens (junior school) 82/7A Ballygunge Place (high school) India | |
| Coordinates | 22°31′33″N 88°22′36″E |
| Information | |
| Type | Private school |
| Motto | Courage to Know |
| Established | 1954 |
| Founder | Satikanta Guha |
| Principal | D.K. Chadda (junior school) |
| Principal | Rupa Sanyal Bhattacharjee (high school) |
| Faculty | 120 (sunior school) 75 (high school)[2] |
| Teaching staff | 70 (junior school) 40 (high school)[2] |
| Grades | Nursery I to V (junior school) VI to XII (high school) |
| Number of students | ~ 12000 |
| Colour(s) | Navy blue, gold and white |
| Publication | Nursery books, mathematics books, song books and CDs[3](junior school), Pointer (school magazine) |
| Affiliation | Central Board of Secondary Education |
| Website | www |
The school entered the Guiness Book of World Records as the largest educational institute of the world in 1984 until 1992, in terms of student numbers.[6] Regarded by many national school surveys as one of the best schools in India, the school has educated noted academics, politicians, artists, filmmakers, and entertainers.[7][8] The school has among its alumni a Nobel laureate, several Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology laureates, and winners of National Film Awards.[9][10][11]
Founded on 1 April 1954 at 16 Mandeville Gardens, Kolkata, by Satikanta Guha and his wife, Pritylata Guha, the institution began as the first English medium co-educational school in Kolkata with just twenty students, and the founders’ vision was supported by a small, devoted group of teachers, with the initial faculty comprising prominent figures from Bengal’s cultural, literary, and artistic circles.
Initially operational as a single unit, the school split into two buildings, with the high school shifting to Ballygunge Place in 1980.[12][13] The school initially had among its faculty, noted actor and director Utpal Dutt,[14] teaching English Literature, Gita Ghatak,[15] noted Rabindrasangeet vocalist and acclaimed actress as a teacher of music, Kamal Kumar Majumdar, noted Bengali writer and critic, teaching Bengali and his younger sister, the artist Shanu Lahiri teaching arts and crafts.[16]
The School Emblem, showing a bird (dove or paloma) in flight, symbolizes "man's everlasting quest for knowledge and the desire to soar above the mundane."[17] The motto of the School is 'Courage to Know'.[18]
In order to address space constraints and enhance infrastructure, South Point School and South Point High School will move to a new and much larger campus named the Priyamvada Birla Campus of South Point named after the late Smt. Priyamvada Birla, philanthropist and wife of M.P. Birla Group founder Late Shri Madhav Prasad Birla. The campus is currently under construction.[19][20]
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