The Kendriya Vidyalayas are a system of central government schools in India that have been instituted under the aegis of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). It comprises over a thousand schools in India and three abroad. The system came into being in 1963 under the name 'Central Schools'. Later, the name was changed to Kendriya Vidyalaya. All the schools are affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). Its objective is to educate children of the Indian Defence Services personnel who are often posted to remote locations. With the army starting its own Army Public Schools, the service was extended (but not restricted) to all central government employees. A uniform curriculum is followed by these schools all over India. By providing a common syllabus and system of education, the Kendriya Vidyalayas are intended to ensure that the children of government employees do not face education disadvantages while their parents are transferred from one location to another. The schools have been operational for over fifty years.
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Showing posts with label Schools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Schools. Show all posts
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06 January 2017
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan 7.11.2013
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan is an Indian educational trust. It was founded on November 7, 1938 by Dr. K. M. Munshi, with the support of Mahatma Gandhi. The trust's programmes, through its 119 centres in India, 7 centres abroad and 367 constituent institutions, cover "all aspects of life from the cradle to the grave and beyond – it fills a growing vacuum in modern life", as Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru observed when he first visited the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in 1950.
Boys' High School & College, Allahabad 5.11.2013
Boys' High School & College, (BHS), is an independent school in Allahabad, India. It was founded in 1861 to provide a Christian education to the children of Europeans and Anglo-Indians, but has always accepted children from all backgrounds. Though originally co-educational, it now admits only boys.
It has existed on its present site in central Allahabad since 1861. Since 1940 it has been managed by the Allahabad High School Society. It is currently affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations.
16 November 2016
Completion of 175 years of La Martiniere Schools, Kolkata 1.3.2011
La Martiniere School, Kolkata was established in 1836 along with two schools in Lucknow and one in Lyons at France with a generous endowment from French Major General Claude Martin . The vision of Claude Martin was to provide a holistic education to children to make them responsible and worthy citizens of the country.
The contribution of the schools to society has won accolade and all round appreciation. Alumni of this school have excelled in sports, administration, social service, politics and journalism a standing tribute to dedicated teachers who have shaped women and men of substance. La Martiniere believes that education is the foundation for building a stable and prosperous country and continues to work towards it.
31 October 2016
The Cathedral & John Connon School - 150th Anniversary 27.10.2010
The Cathedral & John Connon School is a co-educational, private school founded in 1860 and located in Fort, Mumbai, Maharashtra. A Hindustan Times report of 2013 named it as the top school offering ICSE and ISC in India. It now offers the IBDP programme, as well.
The most prestigious and exclusive school in India, its alumni boasts the who's who of India's elite and business families. Students belong to the wealthiest families in the country and admission is preferred and mostly given to children of ex-students. My son Jayant Kapre despite being the son of a middle class Indian Naval Officer, studied and passed out with flying colours from this School.
It has been ranked in the lists of best day schools in Asia as well. It is one of the oldest British founded schools in India. It has a variety of options in terms of extracurricular activites for students.
30 October 2016
The Doon School 22.10.2010
The Doon School (informally Doon) is a boys-only independent boarding school in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. It was founded in 1935 by Satish Ranjan Das, a Kolkata lawyer. He prevised a school modelled on the British public school, but alive to Indian ambitions and desires. The school's first headmaster was an Englishman, Arthur E. Foot, who had spent nine years as a science master at Eton College, England before coming to Doon, and returned to England right after India's independence.
The present headmaster is Peter McLaughlin, who has occupied the post since 2009 and is the ninth headmaster of the school. He is a member of Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.
The present headmaster is Peter McLaughlin, who has occupied the post since 2009 and is the ninth headmaster of the school. He is a member of Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.
27 September 2016
Bishop Cotton School, Shimla 6.10.2009
Bishop Cotton School, Shimla, (Himachal Pradesh, India) is one of the oldest boarding schools for boys in Asia, having been founded on 28 July 1859, by Bishop George Edward Lynch Cotton. Bishop Cotton also founded the Bishop Cotton Boys' School and Bishop Cotton Girls' School in Bangalore. The alumni of Bishop Cotton are known as Old Cottonians. The Bishop Cotton School, Shimla celebrated 150 years of existence in 2009.
The school has produced army officers, ambassadors, judges, defense and paramilitary officers, ministers and politicians.
Bishop Cotton School has been ranked among the best boys only residential schools of India by media such as The Times of India, Outlook and Education World magazine.
24 September 2016
Sacred Heart Matric. Hr. Sec. School 3.9.2009
Sacred Heart Matriculation Higher Secondary School was established on 9th September 1909 in accordance with the ideals of Nano Nagle. In 1910, the school received recognition as a Middle School under the European Code to work under the Madras Education Rules as an Indian School with 137 children on the roll. From an S.S.L.C School, the Sacred Heart School became a Private Matriculation School, affiliated to the University of Madras in the year 1952. The first batch wrote the Matriculation Examination conducted by the Madras University in 1954.It is interesting to note that the policy and aims of the Sacred Heart School have undergone a metamorphosis since its founding. It originally catered to the elite of Madras and aimed at the acquisition of behavioristic ideals to conform to a genteel society.
17 August 2016
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16 May 2016
Woodstock School 2.6.2004
Woodstock School is a Christian, international, co-educational, residential school located in Landour, a small hill station contiguous with the town of Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India.
Woodstock provides Kindergarten through Grade 12 instruction, with the residence program starting later in elementary school.
Woodstock has a reciprocal agreement with Carey Baptist Grammar School in Melbourne, Australia, whereby each year, two students from both schools are awarded the William Carey Scholarship and given the opportunity to swap schools for a semester.
03 April 2016
Bethune Collegiate School 7.5.1999
John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune (1801–1851), previously John Elliot Drinkwater, a barrister and law member of the Governor-General's Council, was an Anglo-Indian lawyer and a pioneer in promoting women's education in 19th-century India. When his father added 'Bethune' to his name, he did likewise. In 1849, Bethune founded an institution for women's education in Calcutta (now Kolkata), then the capital of British India. The institute later bore his name and became famous as Bethune College.
Bethune Collegiate School was established in 1849. The school is affiliated to W.B.B.S.E. and W.B.C.H.S.E. The midium of instruction is Bengali. This is a girls school. Bethune Collegiate School is a leading girl's school in north Kolkata. It was started as the Hindu Female School and blossomed into the Bethune School on 7 May 1849. The School was founded by John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune.
Bethune College is a women's college in India. It was founded as a school in 1849 by John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune, and in 1879 developed into the first women's college in India, after whom it is named as Bethune College. It is located in Kolkata, and is affiliated to the University of Calcutta.
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17 October 2015
D.A.V. Centenary 27.6.1989
D.A.V. Institutions all over the country are known for bringing out the best in students and for inculcating in them a sense of dedication, patriotism and discipline. The contribution of D.A.V. Movement towards the field of education and social reforms are worth mentioning.
Maharishi Dayanand, the founder of the reformist movement of Arya Samaj, believed that only education can awaken society. On his death the D.A.V. Movement was started in his memory in 1885. The first D.A.V. School was established in Lahore on 1st June 1886, later upgraded to a college in 1889. Since then the movement has marched from strength to strength, playing an important role in transforming the Indian psyche towards a modern outlook.
At present 125 degree colleges are being run in the country by the Arya Samaj Organisation. About 30 lakh students receive education every year. The emphasis has always been on the integrated development of the personality of the pupils. Since 1981, the society has expanded its field of educational activity by starting various job-oriented courses, like Rural Development, Journalism, Mass Communication, Computers and Management.
Maharishi Dayanand, the founder of the reformist movement of Arya Samaj, believed that only education can awaken society. On his death the D.A.V. Movement was started in his memory in 1885. The first D.A.V. School was established in Lahore on 1st June 1886, later upgraded to a college in 1889. Since then the movement has marched from strength to strength, playing an important role in transforming the Indian psyche towards a modern outlook.
At present 125 degree colleges are being run in the country by the Arya Samaj Organisation. About 30 lakh students receive education every year. The emphasis has always been on the integrated development of the personality of the pupils. Since 1981, the society has expanded its field of educational activity by starting various job-oriented courses, like Rural Development, Journalism, Mass Communication, Computers and Management.
17 September 2015
The Lawrence School, Lovedale 31.5.1988
The first day cover and the cancellation, show the school emblem and motto.
The Lawrence School, Lovedale is an educational institution in Lovedale, located near Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, India, and named for its founder, Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence. Lawrence had mooted the idea about the establishment of a chain of schools with a view to provide education to the children of the deceased and serving soldiers and officers of the British army. Lawrence was himself killed in the Indian Mutiny, also called India's First War of Independence. His dream took shape and four such schools, known as Lawrence Asylum, were established in India: the first two during his lifetime in 1847 at Sanawar, the second at Mount Abu in 1856; the third at Ootacamund in 1858 and the fourth in Ghora Gali, Murree in 1860, in present-day Pakistan.
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