Scottish Church Collegiate School

Scottish Church Collegiate School (SCCS)
Address
73, Bidhan Sarani, 32/8, Beadon Street, Kolkata - 700006, West Bengal, India.[1]
Information
Type Private school
Religious affiliation(s) Church of North India
Established 13 July 1830
Founder Alexander Duff
President Rt. Rev. Ashoke Biswas, Bishop of Kolkata.
Headmaster Bivash Saniel
Affiliation WBBSE & WBCHSE
Website www.thescottishchurchcollegiateschool.org

The Scottish Church Collegiate School is a selective boys' school in north Kolkata, West Bengal having a history of more than 180 years. The school was founded in 1830 by Reverend Alexander Duff, who came to Calcutta as the first missionary of the Church of Scotland to India. The Scottish Church Collegiate School is affiliated with the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education, and the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education for the secondary and higher secondary school examinations respectively. The school functions under the Governing Body of Diocesan Schools, the Diocesan Board of Education and the Church of North India.[2]

History

Established in 1830 as the General Assembly School, the Scottish Church Collegiate School is one of the oldest continuously running Christian schools in the country. It is a much sought after academic institution, and its students consistently perform well, and are more often than not, rank holders in their respective board examinations. An English and Bengali medium institution, it is a boys' school in north Kolkata, West Bengal, having a history of more than 185 years. The school was founded in 1830 by Reverend Alexander Duff, who came to Calcutta as the first missionary of the Church of Scotland to India. The Scottish Church Collegiate School is affiliated with the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education, and the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education for the secondary and higher secondary school examinations respectively. Due to rise in number of the students the school was shifted to a palatial building, on the Nimtala Ghat Street (now Jorabagan police station) and continued there till March 1844. After that the school was again shifted to Cornwallis Square (now Urquhart Square). In 1910 the school was finally transferred and settled in the newly erected building on the Cornwallis Street.

Later and current initiatives

In its centenary year it was renamed as "The Scottish Church Collegiate School". A building was later built on the play ground at Roy Bagan Street, besides the main building. This building was further enlarged in 1958 and later named as "Hensman Block" after the then headmaster J.C. Hensman. The Junior Section of the school (both English and Bengali Medium) functions from 6.30 am till 10.30 am. The primary section of the school began its function in 1950 at the St. Andrew’s House on Beadon Street (near Manicktala). Previously, it had been used the premises as hostel for outstation students. The Governing Body of the school under the guidance of the President, Right Reverend Ashoke Biswas, the Bishop of Kolkata, started the Pre-Primary Section after the current headmaster Mr. Bivash Saniel joined the school. The new English medium pre-primary section has started functioning in the St. Andrews House from the academic session 2012-13. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has listed the main premises of the school as a Grade-1 heritage building.

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Official Site". Scottish Church Collegiate School. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Gov Body". Scottish Church Collegiate School. Retrieved 2 July 2014.

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, March 13, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.