National Public School, Indiranagar

National Public School, Indiranagar

School Logo
Reach Out, Reach High, Reach Beyond!
Location
Bangalore, Karnataka
India
Coordinates 12°58′10.5″N 77°38′48.4″E / 12.969583°N 77.646778°E / 12.969583; 77.646778Coordinates: 12°58′10.5″N 77°38′48.4″E / 12.969583°N 77.646778°E / 12.969583; 77.646778
Information
Type Private school
Established 1982
Principal Mrs Shantha Chandran
Enrollment 1765
Number of students LKG – 12 (CBSE)
Houses      Challengers      Explorers      Pioneers      Voyagers
Color(s) Brown, white         
Publication Glimpses, Newsdesk
Website http://www.npsinr.com/

The National Public School, Indiranagar, is a private school located in Indiranagar, Bangalore, India. It is a sister institution of the National Public School Rajajinagar and National Centre For Excellence. It was started in 1982 by Dr. Gopalalkrishnan, chairman of the National education trust. In 2007, the school celebrated its 25th anniversary (Silver jubilee). The students of the school are informally called NPSites.

About

National Public School Indiranagar - Main Building

The school is an English medium co-educational school affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), government of India and follows the 10+2 educational pattern.

The four buildings are:

NPS Indiranagar has an all India rank number 1 for its academic rigour . NPS is known for its exceptionally competitive and bright students.

Facilities

Basketball and Volleyball court

The Physical Education department is responsible for the enforcement of health and safety regulations on the school campus. First-aid is administered for minor maladies; or the person is transferred to hospital via ambulance. The school conducts fire drills, and the district fire brigade visits the school each year in order to educate students in matters of fire safety.

Houses

Students are admitted to one of the four houses in Class 1. They are (with colour, motto and symbol):

At the end of the academic year, the house with the most points is awarded the House Cup, which is based upon the house members' performance in events such as quiz, music, dance, creative writing, programming, and theatre. The Sports Cup, based on the performance of the house in athletics, is given at the end of the academic year. In the academic year of 2014-15, the Pioneers were declared the overall champions, taking the House Cup and Sports Cup home.

Events

The school organises four inter-school events:

Usually the students of the school are not allowed to participate in their own fests, but are involved in their organisation and volunteering. However they take part in Scientifica, but not in the competitions. These fests draw large numbers of participants from schools and PU colleges across Bangalore.

The school organises three intra-school events:

During the last week of June each year, the Investiture ceremony is held where the School Prefect and Vice Prefect, the Sports Captain and Vice Captain, the house captains and vice captains and the presidents and secretaries of the associations in the school are nominated.

Towards the end of the academic year, the Flag Handing Over Ceremony is held where the prefect and the captains hand over charge to their deputies for the rest of the academic year. The house cup is given to the winning house during the ceremony, except during the year when Sports Day is held, when the House and Sports Cups are given.

There are also events for Teachers' Day, Children's Day, and Independence Day.

A Graduation Day event is organised in January every year for the passing out batch of class 12.

Academics

The school follows the CBSE syllabus. The school has Autonomous Status from the CBSE. Autonomous Status implies that the school is free to frame its own curriculum till Class 9.

The school mandates the study of Hindi from Class 1 as a 2nd language, while Sanskrit is taught from Class 5 as a 3rd language. From Class 9, students can study either Hindi or Sanskrit as their 2nd language. Kannada is not part of the curriculum at any stage.

Admission to Class 11 in the school is given on the basis of the overall percentage in Classes 8, 9, and 10. Only a student who secures 60% or above in the mentioned criteria is eligible to continue into the senior secondary level in the school. The school offers both Science as well as Commerce Streams at the senior secondary level. In the Science stream, students have the option to study either Biology, Computer Science or Economics, while in the Commerce stream, students have a choice between Mathematics and History as the optional subject. Formerly, Informatics Practices was offered as an elective to Commerce students.

In Class 10, students appear for the AISSE (All India Secondary School Examination) and in Class 12, students appear for the AISSCE (All India Senior School Certificate Examination), the board exams conducted by the CBSE.

Apart from core subjects and languages, subjects like Work Experience (Computer Science till Class 10), Environmental Education, General Studies, Socially Useful Productive Work (SUPW), Theatre and Art are taught.

Extra-curricular activities

Every evening after school, classes for theatre, guitar, keyboard, tabla, western music, classical music, aerobics, yoga, quiz and Bharatanatyam are conducted.

Sports facilities

Volleyball, basketball and throwball are the permitted outdoor sports. For them, inter house and inter school matches are conducted annually. However, the school permits only boys to play volleyball and girls to play throwball.

There are cricket, athletics and football teams, but as the school ground is not big, they play their matches in the school's sister institution, TISB and then only occasionally.

Achievements

The school has constantly been among the top 10 schools not only in Bangalore, but in the entire country, as per media surveys. As of 2012, the school is ranked 8th in India and 2nd in Bangalore.[1]

The school produces 100% distinction results in the AISSE and AISSCE examinations, with the highest aggregates often crossing 98%. Students enter the Indian Institutes of Technology, Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani, National Institutes of Technology, NLSIU, GNLU Shri Ram College of Commerce and St. Stephen's College each year. An increasing number of students are entering institutes of higher education overseas. Students have entered MIT, Princeton University, Cornell University, University of California at Berkeley, California Institute of Technology, University of Columbia, the London School of Economics, Nanyang Technological University, UPenn and the National University of Singapore amongst others.A few "NPSites" have won international awards in environmental sciences,[2][3] neurological sciences,[4][5] and international olympiads.[6] Students consistently excel in quizzing,[7][8] debating,[9] creative writing events[10] etc. in inter school fests at the city, state, national and international level. Students of the school also secure the NTSE and KVPY scholarships every year.

Notable Alumni

References

  1. ↑ http://indiaranker.com/schools/
  2. ↑ Practice tests for CBSE
  3. ↑ CBSE Practice Papers
  4. ↑ CBSE 10th Results
  5. ↑ cbse.nic.in
  6. ↑ "www.tribuneindia.com". The Tribune. India. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  7. ↑ "www.thehindubusinessline.com". thehindubusinessline.com. 8 August 2005. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  8. ↑ www.quizbrain.com
  9. ↑ JEE Practice
  10. ↑ "www.telegraphindia.com". The Telegraph. Kolkota, India. 20 May 2005. Retrieved 7 December 2011.

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