Barasat Peary Charan Sarkar Government High School

Peary Charan Sarkar Government High School
বারাসাত প্যারীচরণ সরকার রাষ্ট্রীয় উচ্চ বিদ্যালয়
Address
K.N.C. Road
Barasat, North 24 Parganas
West Bengal, India
Information
School type Government Boys' school
Established 1846
Headmaster Tushar Kanti Samanta
Grades I-XII
Colour(s) Black and white
Affiliations West Bengal Board of Secondary Education, West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education

Barasat Peary Charan Sarkar Government High School (Bengali: বারাসাত প্যারীচরণ সরকার রাষ্ট্রীয় উচ্চ বিদ্যালয়) in Barasat (a suburb of Kolkata in the state of West Bengal, India) is a boys school. The school was established in 1846 by the efforts of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar and Peary Charan Sarkar, and others. The original and most popular name of the school was Barasat Government High School.

History

The school was started at a site not far from the present location. However, to accommodate the increasing number of students, a permanent building was built. The original building still exists but has been condemned since the early 1990s. The official name of the school was changed from Barasat Government High School to Barasat Peary Charan Sarkar Government High School in 1996, in the honour of Peary Charan Sarkar who established the school.

Campus

The school has the following buildings:

The 2-storeyed northern block of the school
The condemned old block

Extracurricular activities

These include creative arts and sport.

Sports

Besides the annual sports events, the school has a team that participates in the District level championships.

Ceremonies

Saraswati murti, 2005

Curriculum

The school is a higher secondary school, from class 1 to 12. The curriculum is as per "West Bengal Board of Secondary Education" (till class 10) and "West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education" (Class 11 and 12). The common curriculum is followed till class 10. In class 11 and 12, there are 3 streams: Science, Commerce and Arts.

Subjects offered Grade I to V: Bengali, English, History, Geography, Mathematics, Sciences, Art, Physical Education.

Subjects offered Grade VI to X: English, Bengali, Mathematics, History, Geography, Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, Computer science, Physical Education, Work Education including arts. Additional subjects: Additional Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Mechanics, Computer science, Book keeping and accounts, Additional Biology, Pisciculture, Sanskrit, Arabic, Work Education and Physical Education.

Subjects offered Grades XI to XII: English, Bengali, Sanskrit, Geography, History, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Accounting, Business mathematics, Economic Geography.

See also

Peary Charan Sarkar
Barasat Kalikrishna Girls' High School

References

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