Burdwan C.M.S High School
Burdwan C.M.S High School, is one of the most reputed and oldest schools in Burdwan and also West Bengal. Standing by the side of famous B.C. Road in Burdwan, the school still carries its glorified past and traditions along with the fresh talents making a new era of academic excellence. The school currently being divided into four categories: KG Section, Primary, Secondary, Higher Secondary offers school education from KG1 to Higher secondary(+2) to more than 2000 students in the town.
History
In the 18th century after the beginning of British rule in India, in order to spread the English education, Missionaries established some societies which were mostly controlled by the Church. Church Missionary Society was one of them. Church Missionary Society established three schools in Burdwan, Krishna Nagar and Jalpaigudi.
J.J Weitbreth, the head of the society at 1834 with the help of Burdwan Raj Mahatab Chandra and several other people founded an English school named Church Missionary Societies English School. The school was later upgraded to Junior High and then Higher Secondary. After 1947 Church Missionary Society handed over all responsibilities of the school to the local residents. Later after the establishment of West Bengal Board of Secondary Education, the school was registered under the board.
Sections
Higher Secondary & Secondary
These two sections are run by the same administrator and form the main part of the High School. The secondary section starts from class 5 and offers studies up to class 10 at the end of which students are required to sit for the Board examination. The admission in class 5 is strictly based on the performance in the admission test taken by the school authority. The medium of instruction for this section is Bengali and offers English as second language. However, students may choose Hindi or Sanskrit or Arabic as their third language in class 7 and 8.
Although there is no system of admission test for the Higher Secondary section, admission to class 11 is based on marks or grades or percentage obtained in the secondary(or equivalent) examination. Students from other boards like ICSE may also opt for their Higher Secondary studies in this section. This section offers three traditional branches of Higher Secondary studies which are Arts, Science and Commerce and still carries its reputation of producing bright students with excellent academic caliber years after years. This section offers both English and Bengali as medium of instruction to the students.
Primary
This section runs at the same campus but is controlled by different authority. This section offers primary education from class 1 to 4 under the affiliation of West Bengal Board of Primary Education.
KG Section
Although this section also runs at the same campus but maintains different timing. While three other sections mainly starts from 10:45 a.m, KG section has its schedule in the morning. This section is not directly related to the other three sections and maintains its own staffs and authority.
Former headmasters
- Akshoy Kumar Hazra, 1919-1921
- Rameshawar Mukherjee, 1921-1925
- Baikuntheshwar Mukherjee, 1925-1933
- D.A. Quazi, 1933-1936
- D.N. Deuri, 1936- 1946
- P. K. Biswas, 1946-1956
- Jyotishchandra Dey, 1956-1957
- Arabinda Nag, 1957-1958
- Jyotishchandra Dey, 1958-1959
- Sourendramohan Roy, 1959-1964
- Bashadhar Ghose, 1964-1965
- Sisirranjan Chakraborty, 1965-1970
- Banshadhar Ghose, 1970-1976
- Sudhirchandra Dawn, 1976-1994
- Ajit Kumar Mukheerje, 1994
- Quazi Khairul Alam, 1994-1997
- Bijay Gopal Sarkar, 1997-1999
- Quazi Khairul Alam, 1999-2000
References
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