Schools in Kolkata
Updated on: Feb 7, 2013
Educationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model.
This is what A.P.J. Abdul Kalam had to say about the role that an educator is required to play. This explains why the years that a child spends gaining wisdom in the schools are of utmost importance. Education goes much beyond the alphabets imprinted on the books and it is in this kind of education that the teachers the educationists believe in today.
Like every other major city in India, Kolkata also has a number of reputed schools, which are on a rise at present given the growing population. The students, rather their parents have a choice from umpteen numbers of schools. There is one new factor added to the educational scenario in the schools in Calcutta. Due to the recent growth in the number of schools in the city there is a tremendous competition between them to attract the aspirants. This equation is shifted in case of schools which rank higher, which are vied by the students in turn.
Among the top schools in Kolkata, the names which will definitely find a place are:
The guiding boards for most of the English medium schools in Kolkata are:
The Calcutta International School is the apt place for international students or those who aim to receive higher education in foreign universities. The school imparts education following an international curriculum. Admission is given on the basis of merit and performance in the interviews as well as admission test. This varies with the level in which the student is applying for admission.
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This is what A.P.J. Abdul Kalam had to say about the role that an educator is required to play. This explains why the years that a child spends gaining wisdom in the schools are of utmost importance. Education goes much beyond the alphabets imprinted on the books and it is in this kind of education that the teachers the educationists believe in today.
Like every other major city in India, Kolkata also has a number of reputed schools, which are on a rise at present given the growing population. The students, rather their parents have a choice from umpteen numbers of schools. There is one new factor added to the educational scenario in the schools in Calcutta. Due to the recent growth in the number of schools in the city there is a tremendous competition between them to attract the aspirants. This equation is shifted in case of schools which rank higher, which are vied by the students in turn.
Among the top schools in Kolkata, the names which will definitely find a place are:
- Don Bosco School, Park Circus
- Modern High School for Girls
- La Martiniere for Girls
- St. Xaviers Collegiate School
- Loreto House
- St. James School
- La Martiniere for Boys
- The Heritage School
- South Point High School
- Delhi Public School
- Calcutta Boys School
The guiding boards for most of the English medium schools in Kolkata are:
- West Bengal Board of Secondary Education
- Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi,
- Central Board of Secondary Education
The Calcutta International School is the apt place for international students or those who aim to receive higher education in foreign universities. The school imparts education following an international curriculum. Admission is given on the basis of merit and performance in the interviews as well as admission test. This varies with the level in which the student is applying for admission.
Click Here For Education Profile Of West Bengal