Bidhannagar Government High School | |
Motto: | Unity, Honesty and Progress |
Established: | 1977 |
Type: | Govt. |
Status: | Open |
Category: | Day School |
Gender: | Co-Ed |
Affiliation: | WBBSE & WBCHSE |
Principal: | Anshuman Saha |
Head Name2: | Assistant Headmaster |
Founder: | Shri Bidhan Chandra Roy |
Enrollment: | more than 2000 |
Streetaddress: | 303, BD Block, Sector 1 |
City: | Kolkata-700064 |
State: | West Bengal |
Country: | India |
Nickname: | BD School |
Free Label: | Emblem |
Rival: | Laban Hrad Vidyapith |
Yearbook: | Baluchar |
Bidhannagar Govt. High School, or BNGHS, is an educational institution in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.[1] It is situated in BD block in Salt lake and hence also popularly referred as BD School. It is the first government co-educational senior secondary school established in West Bengal. The medium of teaching is Bengali and English. The school is affiliated to West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education.[2]
In 2017 the school headmaster, Sukumar Chakraborty, was suspended due to a dereliction of government duties, arising from a campus in disrepair and health and safety concerns. The suspension was the first of its kind since 2011.[3]