Sailendra Sircar Vidyalaya Explained

Sailendra Sircar Vidyalaya
Motto:"Work is Worship"
Address:62A, Shyampukur St, Shyambazar, Sovabazar, Hati Bagan,
City:Kolkata
District:Kolkata
Postcode:700004
Country:India
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Former Name:Saraswati Institution
Type:Higher Secondary School
Religious Affiliation:Secular
Founder:Babu Sailendra Sircar
School Board:West Bengal Board of Secondary Education
Gender:Male
Medium Of Language:Bengali
Campus Type:Urban
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Website:https://www.ssvkolkata.in/index.php

Sailendra Sircar Vidyalaya[1] [2] is affiliated to the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) and is one of the oldest Bengali medium schools in Kolkata, India. It is located at 62A, Shyampukur Street in north Kolkata. It is a government sponsored higher secondary School.

About the school

The school was founded on 5 January 1920 and its original name was Saraswati Institution. The school was renamed as Sailendra Sircar Vidyalaya to pay homage to the founder headmaster of the school Sailendranath Sircar in 1948. Sailendranath Sircar was the youngest son of Sri Peary Churn Sircar, a distinguished educationalist, philanthropist and the pioneer of Temperance Reform in undivided Bengal and the author of the English primer- The first Book of Reading.

The current main building of the school was built in 1934. Another building on the back side of the main building houses the primary section.

The institution celebrated their 100 years of establishment in 2020.

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Notes and References

  1. Dewan Parkash, Ram,Directory of Educational Institutions, Volume 15, Publisher R. P. Bookwala, Original from the University of California, Digitized 28 Jul 2009, p.347
  2. Indian National Commission for Co-operation with UNESCO.,Report of teachers' workshops on education for international understanding, Publisher Indian National Commission for Unesco, 1964, p.97