National High School

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National High School was established in 1913 as Anglo Tamil School. At present the school has two campuses, one at Sarat Bose Road (affiliated to WBBSE & WBCHSE) and the other at Hazra Road (affiliated to CBSE). Both schools function under the aegis of N.R.Iyer Memorial Education Society. Now in its 107th year the school aims to provide a comprehensive & value based education to its pupils at an affordable cost. The focus is on creating conscientious and responsible future citizens. Our students have done the school proud by faring consistently well in the board examinations through the years. The medium of instruction is English. Tamil is also offered as a language apart from Hindi and Bengali. Keeping functional competency in perspective several value added infrastructural facilities have been introduced in the last decade namely 1.Multimedia classrooms supported by NIIT 2.Close circuit surveillance system to ensure a secure environment for students & staff. 3. Public address system in individual classrooms 4.In-house medical & counselling facilities etc. We strive to give the best possible environment to students to grow up in. To identify and nurture the talents of its pupils, the school offers a wide range of extra-curricular activities. In the last few years our students, teachers & staff have had the opportunity to interact with legends like Dr A.P.J Abdul Kalam & Vishwanathan Anand. The Hon’ble Governors of our state have also graced several events hosted by the school and enlightened our students. Now we endeavour to uphold the values, upon which the institution was built and has grown and to maintain its glorious legacy for many more years to come.

National High School began its journey in the year 1913 from the premises of the Madras Social Club at Siddeswar Chandra Lane, off Amherst Street, Calcutta as Anglo -Tamil School, Champatala with the objective of facilitating the education of children whose parents had migrated to Calcutta from erstwhile Madras Presidency. Thus began the journey of a great institution under the patronage of great visionaries like late Shri N.R. Iyer, late Rao Bahadur K Balaram Iyer, late Shri C A Sundaram, late Dr C. V Raman & late Dr Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan to name a few. In the larger interest of the school a Society was formed in the year 1935 & registered under the Societies Registration Act which took over the management of the Anglo- Tamil School, Champatala. The Society was named N.R. Memorial Education Society, after Late Shri N.R Iyer to commemorate his significant contribution as one of the founders of the school. In 1938 the school moved to its new premises down south at 164, Lansdowne Road (at present Sarat Bose Road).It was a significant landmark in the history of this great institution. The governing body renamed the school as National High School. In 1939, the Calcutta University, which then had control over all the schools granted recognition to National High School. The first batch of students appeared in the Matriculation examination in the year 1940.With growing number of students down the years it became imperative to expand the school which by this time had started functioning as two different schools, one for the boys and the other for the girls with separate Heads of institutions. In 1958 the foundation stone for the new school building at 42/1 Hazra Road was laid by late Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, the then Vice-President of India .The Boys‘ School formally shifted to its new address on 4th July,1962.Since then the school has grown from strength to strength adding several feathers to its cap and is ranked as one of the premier educational institutions of Kolkata. With the ever growing demand created, the Society has constructed an annexe building at Hazra Road to accommodate the additional demand. National High School celebrated its centenary in 2013 with great fervour and it had the opportunity to host several distinguished people to mark the centennial year. The rich heritage of this institution is not measured merely with the passage of time but the students who have moved out of its four walls into the bigger world doing their alma mater proud.

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