South Point School Explained

South Point School and South Point High School, Kolkata
Motto:Courage to Know
Address:Birla Building, 9/1 R. N. Mukherjee Road[1] (Education Society)
16 Mandeville Gardens (Junior School)
82/7A Ballygunge Place (High School)
Country:India
Principal:D.K. Chadda (Junior school)
Principal1:Rupa Sanyal Bhattacharjee (High school)
Faculty:120 (Junior school)
75 (High school)[2]
Teaching Staff:70 (Junior school)
40 (High school)
Students:~ 12000
Grades:Nursery I to V (Junior school)
VI to XII (High school)
Colours:Navy blue, gold and white
Publication:Nursery books, Mathematics books, song books and CDs[3] (Junior school),
Pointer (School magazine)

South Point is a higher-secondary co-educational private school located in Kolkata, West Bengal and affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education, consisting of three organisations – South Point School (Nursery to Class V), South Point High School (Classes VI to XII) and South Point Education Society (administrative authority).[4] [5] The school operates in two shifts for all classes – Morning and Afternoon. The school opened in 1954, and was the first co-educational school in Kolkata. Higher Secondary (10+2) education was introduced in 1960. Initially operation as a single unit, the school split into two buildings with the high school shifting to Ballygunge Place in 1980.[6] [7] It is claimed to be the only school in Kolkata to have a Nobel Laureate as an alumnus. It is regarded by many as one of the best schools in Kolkata.[8] [9] [10]

History

South Point School is an English-medium and co-educational school which was founded on 1 April 1954 at 16 Mandeville Gardens, Kolkata.[11]

Emblem and objective

The School Emblem, showing a bird (dove or paloma) in flight, symbolizes "man's everlasting quest for knowledge and the desire to soar above the mundane."[12] The motto of the School is 'Courage to Know'.[13]

Notable alumni

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Contact Us. South Point School. 9 March 2012.
  2. Web site: Faculty. South Point School. 9 March 2012.
  3. Web site: Nursery Books. South Point School. 9 March 2012.
  4. Web site: Kolkata Schools. Coaching Indians. 2009-08-18.
  5. News: Dey. Anurag. In twilight years, gift of love to teachers. 31 January 2015. The Tribune.
  6. Web site: History. South Point Education Society. 10 April 2012.
  7. Web site: after which he took charge as assistant principal of South Point high school for seven years. Times of India.
  8. Web site: Abhijit was a quiet boy from class of 1976 at South Point. 15 October 2019. Sudeshna. Banerjee. The Telegraph (Kolkata). 16 October 2019.
  9. Web site: Alumni2. The Times of India.
  10. Web site: SOUTH POINT SCHOOL-Guinness Book . 14 October 2019. 2019-10-28. en-US.
  11. Web site: History – SOUTH POINT SCHOOL. 2020-07-28. en-US.
  12. Web site: Aims and Objectives – SOUTH POINT SCHOOL. en-US. 2019-10-16.
  13. Web site: Aims and Objectives – SOUTH POINT SCHOOL. 2020-07-28. en-US.
  14. Web site: ACM Honors Distinguished Computer Scientists, Engineers and Educators for Innovations. 2021-06-07. www.acm.org. en.
  15. Web site: IFIP WG10.4 Members. 2021-06-07. www.dependability.org.
  16. Web site: Saurabh Bagchi IEEE Computer Society. 2021-06-07. en-US.
  17. Web site: Service. Purdue News. Purdue engineer receives Humboldt Research Award. 2021-06-07. www.purdue.edu. en.
  18. Web site: Abhijit Banerjee. 23 October 2019. The Times of India. 25 October 2019.
  19. Web site: Society of Porphyrins & Phthalocyanines . 2022-04-16 . www.icpp-spp.org.
  20. Web site: Abhijit Mukherjee. 27 September 2020. The Times of India. 28 September 2020.

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