Andhra Association School

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Andhra Association School is a Co-education High School in South Kolkata, in the state of West Bengal, India. It is affiliated to West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE). School's Motto is 'तमसो माँ ज्योतिर्गमय' (Tamaso Maa Jyotirgamaya), which in Sanskrit means Lead us from darkness unto Light. It provides education from standards Kindergarten to Class IV, under Primary Section and Classes V to X, under Secondary Section. The school leaving examinations is called Madhyamik, which is held at the end of class X by WBBSE.

Contents 1 History 2 Instruction Medium and Subjects

[edit] History

In 1938, some members of the Andhra Association (Kolkata Branch) felt their children should be taught Telugu, their mother tongue. At that time no school in Kolkata (then Calcutta) had Telugu Language in its curriculum. A modest collection of children were taught Telugu by a few enthusiastic ladies of the Telugu society. This unofficial and free school went on for some years, but not regularly or systematically.

As time went on people grew keen on a regular school. On 28th March,1953, a Primary School was founded with three classes. When the School began to gain strength and stability, other like-minded people of the region joined hands with the society and offered to help the growth of the School. Soon, Andhra Association School became broad based, where not only Telugu but other languages and subjects were taught too. Additional classes were added to allow further expansion. School was recognized as a Junior High School in 1958. By 1960, the Junior High School rose to be a High School.

West Bengal Board of Secondary Education recognized it as an unaided High School in 1965.

[edit] Instruction Medium and Subjects

Today Andhra Association School provides education in English medium. Students need to choose their compulsory First language from: Hindi, Telugu or Tamil. English is the compulsory Second language. Students of secondary school also study a Third language: Bengali or Hindi. Medium of instruction is English for all other subjects like Mathematics, Life Science, Physical Science, History, Geography, Computers, etc.

The school follows its own curriculum and subjects combinations from Kindergarten to standard VIII. Subject combinations and curriculum of classes IX and X are governed by the WBBSE to allow the school to meet state-wide education standards.