Serampore Union Institution Explained

Serampore Union Institution
Location:7, K.M. Bhattacharya Street, Tinbazar, Serampore- 712201
West Bengal
Country:India
Type:Government sponsored H.S. school
Established:1884
Athletics:Football, cricket, volleyball.
Website:https://school.banglarshiksha.gov.in/ws/website/index/19122700602
Colors:White, Black
Headmaster:Mr. Koushik Chakraborty

Serampore Union Institution is a Bengali-medium boys' school in West Bengal, India. Affiliated to the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education, the institution was founded on January 7, 1884.[1]

Location

The school is a Bengali medium school (boys) situated at 7 K.M. Bhattacharya Street, Tinbazar, Serampore - 712201, West Bengal, India.

Curriculum

The school offers classes from grade 5 to grade 12. It is under the education board of WBBSE and WBCHSE (W.B.B.S.E. INDEX NUMBER TI-064).

Subjects offered in the Secondary Level (Class V to Class X)

(Subjects as offered by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education)

Subjects offered in the Higher Secondary Level (Class XI to Class XII)

Science
Commerce

Classes are taught in Bengali and English. Subjects as offered by the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education.

Infrastructure

The school comprises three adjoined buildings and one football ground which include a cricket pitch. The school has an old library, three science labs, a physical gym, a hall, and a computer lab.

Teachers

Non Teaching Staff

Office Staff

History

It was towards the end of the 19th century, led by Sri Naryan Chandra Bhattacharyya, some locals of Serampore, Mahesh and Ballavpore, approached Pandit Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar with a request to open a branch of the Metropolitan High School at Serampore. But Vidyasagar Mahasai advised them to set up a school in the town on their own. With his blessings came up Mahesh Higher Class English School with fifty six students in the year 1884. Later the school moved from Mahesh Higher to Newgate street (Rishi Bankim Sarani) and from there to Poffam House, the present Vidyasagar bhavan of the school building.

In the 1930s the doors of the school were opened for the girls of the town willing to pursue higher education after primary level until Serampore Girls’ High School came up to shoulder the responsibility. During the war the school building also housed some classes of Serampore College.

Notes and References

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