Burdwan Municipal High School

Infobox high school


name= Burdwan Municipal High School
motto = সা বিদ্যা যা বিমুক্তয়ে
established = 1883
type = Public
board = WBBSE
headmaster = Amit Jyoti Samanta
students= 2230 [http://bmhschool.com/Infrastructure.html Number of Students] , Burdwan Municipal High School Infrastructure]
grades= 1st to 12th Standard
city = Burdwan
state = West Bengal
country = India
website = http://www.bmhschool.com/

Burdwan Municipal High School (Bengali: বর্ধমান পৌর ঊচ্চ বিদ্যালয়), located at the heart of Burdwan, a town 95 km north-west of Kolkata, is one of the oldest schools in India and one of the best in West Bengal. The school was established in 1883 by the efforts of Bardhaman Municipal Authority. Over the years, the school has produced many brilliant students who rose to great heights in their later lives.

The school has a large campus consisting of three two-storied buildings, gardens, a big playground and a cycle stand. It has total capacity of 2230 students along with 49 teachers.

History

In 1855 Maharshi Debendranath Tagore, along with Adi Brahmo Samaj established Brahmo Samaj Boys’ School (later renamed Burdwan English School). Bhagaban Chandra Basu, the then Deputy magistrate of Burdwan and father of Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose , was one of its founders. After the demise of Mahatab Chandra the Brahma movement in Burdwan became weak for lack of patronage. The school was in dire financial straits. Burdwan Municipality took over the school and Burdwan Municipal School started its journey anew on 1.1.1883.

Since then the school has witnessed an array of changes and modifications. Due to lack of its own campus, the school had to move to different places throughout its history. The addresses are as follows:
*Buckley’s kuthi (1883-1888)
*Rashik Krishna Bhaban (1888-1902)
*Lal Kuthi (1902-1917)
*Mehedibagan (1917-1919)
*Pal Building (1919—1924)
*Jiafat Manjil, Akiat Manjil,(Dhal Dighir Kuthi) (1924-1936)
*Midda Pukur Kuthi (1929)
*The New Building (1936-1942)
*Jiafat Manjil, Coxhead Building (1942 -1945)
*The New Building (1945)
*Centenary Building (1983)

Campus

The school has the following structures:

*The West wing.
*The double-storeyed main building, along with the annexe. This wing houses the office of the headmaster.
*The new primary school block (built about 15 years back).
*The Teachers' block.
*The quarters of the resident and other stuff.
*A large playing field - football ground.
*A basket ball court.
*Several smaller playing fields -for cricket.
*Cycle stand.

tudents

The school is a boys' school.

Extracurricular activities

The school offers students an extensive array of extra curricular opportunities, such as the creative arts and a wide range of sport.

ports

Besides the annual sports events, the school has regular soccer team that participates in the District level championships. Cricket is a craze in the playing grounds.

Ceremonies

The Independence day(15th August) and Saraswati Puja are great annual ceremony.

Curriculum

This school is a higher secondary school(from class 1 to 12).

The curriculum is as per "West Bengal Board of Secondary Education"(till class 10) and "West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education" (Class 11 and 12).

The common curriculum is followed till class 10. In class 11 and 12, there are 3 streams: Science, Commerce and Arts.

* Art
* Physical Education

Subjects offered: Grade 6 to 10

Notable alumni

*Jagadish Chandra Bose
*Sukumar Sen

References