Don Bosco School, Bandel | |
Motto: | Scientia et cultura |
Motto Translation: | Knowledge and Service |
Postalcode: | 712103 |
Gender: | Boys |
Principal: | Fr. Siby Vadakel, SDB |
Rector: | Fr. Anil Kumar Toppo, SDB |
Grades: | KG to 12 |
Teaching Staff: | 60[approx] |
Age Range: | 6+ to 17+ |
Students: | 2,200 [approx] |
Campus Type: | Urban |
Medium Of Language: | English |
Houses: | Savio (Red), Bosco (Blue), Francis (Yellow), Rua (Green) |
Colors: | White & Grey |
Song: | Don Bosco School Antheme |
Team Name: | Bosconians |
Publication: | Hues of hope |
Newspaper: | Zephyr |
Don Bosco School, Bandel is an all-boys, English medium school in Sahaganj, Hooghly, West Bengal, India. It was established in 1978 and run by the Salesians of Don Bosco which is a congregation within the Catholic Church. The school operates under the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations. It is one of the international Don Bosco "family of schools".
Over the years the school has participated in various inter-school sporting events like athletics, football and cricket championships. Some of the students have represented the District and State teams. Notable sportspersons from the school are Amit Sharma (Cricket - Bengal U 16 & U 19), Rajesh Roychowdhury (Cricket - Bengal U 16, Hooghly district), Mayuk Dasgupta (Cricket - Captain Burdwan University, East Zone Universities (Vizzy Trophy) & Hooghly district), Ambarish Thakur and Ajit Singh. The school continues to nurture its sporting talent and provide every student with necessary sports infrastructure. Arindam Deb, notable footballer who played for East Bengal club.
The school has various forms of club activities focusing on the extra-curricular activities. These clubs hold activities during the course of the year. The main clubs operating within the school are:-
According to the school's prospectus:
The aim of the institution is to impart sound value based education by forming in the boys habits of piety, virtue, discipline and self-reliance during the years of their studies[1]