St. Paul's School, Agartala
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St. Paul's School
| Head Master | Rev. Lalrema Darlong |
|---|---|
| Established | 1943 |
| School type | Private School |
| Location | Agartala, Tripura, India |
St. Paul's School, as an M.E. School, was started by New Zealand Baptist Missionary Society in 1943 with a view to teaching Tribal students belonging to the minority Christian faith of the interior villages of Tripura. From then onwards until 1964 this school was run by the said society. In 1964, the general administration of the school was handed over to the Tripura Baptist Christian Union. So long the medium of instruction was Bengali. The Union with the approval and support of the N. Z. B. M. S. commenced to switch the school over to English Medium in 1971.
The school has been upgraded stage by stage. It was upgraded to Senior Basic School in 1961 and to High School in 1980.
The school is recognised by the department of Education, Govt. of Tripura and is affiliated with the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE), New Delhi.
It aims to give the children a sound physical, intellectual, moral and spiritual education based on Christian principles.
The school will provide for educational benefits to the children of minority Christian community. But persons belonging to other communities not opposed to Christian faith may also be allowed to take the benefit of the school if so decided by the school authority and approved by the Tripura Baptist Christian Union.
It is made clear that this school is an organisation of the said Union which has set up the school with the aims and objects mentioned in the memorandum of the Union as such the principles, aims and objects of the said union shall also be reflected and followed in the school to extent considered necessary by the said Union.
The former proposal could not receive a unanimous opinion. Finally we were rather compelled to taking the later proposal of switching over the teaching medium to English from 1970. And now it has developed into a High School. The first batch for the ICSE wrote their exams in 1982.
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[edit] School Affiliation
Affiliation to which board was a matter of discussion and consideration for the management for a good number of years. The management at last with the consent of the Tripura Baptist Christian Union (TBCU) council decided to get affiliated with Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (ISCE), New Delhi. But it was not an easy task. After many years of contacts and meetings and correspondence the school was affiliated to ISCE for ICSE (Class X) course in the year 1981. The 1st batch of students wrote ICSE exam. In 1983.
[edit] Computer Education Programme
The modern world is moving towards the age of computer and students need to equip themselves to meet such situation. In order to do that the computer literacy programme was introduced in our school in 1992. Since then classes are conducted in full swing. I believe that this will certainly be an added blessing to our students in future.
[edit] Achievement in the Board Exams
Education does not mean just to pass the examination. Yet the academic standard of a school of a school is usually measured by the Board Examination result. The batches that passed out showed encouraging result even with letter marks by many of our students in a number of subjects. Record of the achievement of the school during the years 1983-2000 is given below:
| Year | Percentage |
|---|---|
| 1983 | 99 |
| 1984 | 47 |
| 1985 | 90 |
| 1986 | 79 |
| 1987 | 71 |
| 1988 | 100 |
| 1989 | 50 |
| 1990 | 67 |
| 1991 | 88 |
| 1992 | 70 |
| 1993 | 86 |
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| 2000 | 96 |
[edit] Academic Setup
School's academic session begins and ends in January and December respectively every year. Three examinations - 1st, 2nd and 3rd terminal are usually held in the school in a year. Having two shifts. KG to Class IV have their classes in the morning from 7.00 a.m. to 10.40 a.m. and Classes V to X in the noon from 11 a.m. to 4.05 p.m.
[edit] Co-curricular activities
In our school we emphasise on education being more comprehensive and thus involve students inside and outside class activities providing co-curricular opportunities to the students to develop their talents. Students are divided in 4 houses viz. Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow for this purpose. Inter house competition in football, cricket, class-wise, debate, quiz and drawing etc. are organised from time to time to help students to develop a spirit of healthy competition and also to bring out their hidden talents. Students enjoy very much having such activities.
Our major co-curricular activities of the year are of course the Sport day in which students are involved with great zeal in different events. Our school team represented our state once in All India Hand Ball competition held in Bangalore.
[edit] Hostel
For students of remote villages hostel is a boon. Our hostel is as old as the school. From the beginning the main concern was to provide hostel accommodation to such Tribal children who lack educational facilities in the villages. In 1943 all the 14 students (12 boys and 2 girls) lived in the hostel. In course of time this number increases. There are 228 boarders in the hostel in 1993 session. Ours is the largest Tribal hostel in Tripura. With the generous financial assistance of the State Government we built three very beautiful and spacious pucca hostels including a renovated study hall. All the bamboo roof of the hostels are replaced with GCI sheets.
[edit] Staff
The school has 51 staff members out of which 44 are involved in teaching, 3 are in the office as non-teaching and another 4 helpers in the office. In the hostel attached to the school we have one superintendent and one matron for boys and girls respectively. To assist them there are manager and mashis working in the hostel.
[edit] Academic Organization
There are Classes from KG I to Class X. The children of this school are prepared for the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Examination (I.C.S.E) which is equivalent to Matriculation or Madhyamik Examination.
Morning Section: KG I - Class IV.
Noon Section: Class V - Class X.
Academic Session: January - December.
[edit] Vacations
Summer - One month.
Durga Puja - One Week.
Christmas - One Month.
Examinations - 1st, 2nd and 3rd Terminal. ICSE examination is generally conducted in March.
Physical Education is compulsory.
[edit] School Uniform
[edit] Boys
1. Shirts White, simple design, one chest pocket, half sleeve for summer and full sleeve for winter, medium collar.
2. Shorts Deep navy blue (Binny), side pocket, one back pocket. No plate, no special design.
3. Tie Deep navy blue (same quality as shorts). Students of Classes KG-I to Class V are allowed to use ties with elastics.
4. Trousers For students of Classes IX & X only. Same design and colour as shorts. Bottom not less than 18" and not more than 22".
5. Shoes Black (Bata, Naughty Boy).
6. Socks White plain.
7. Pull over Deep blue, plain. No design, V necked two white stripes on the neck & armpit / wrist. Three white stripes on the waist
[edit] Girls
1. Frock For students up to Class V. Upper part white with tie collar and one pocket. Half sleeve for summer and full sleeve for winter. Lower part deep navy blue (Binny). Bottom should cover the knee.
2. Skirt & Blouse For students of classes VI to X white coloured blouse with one pocket. Half sleeve for winter. Deep navy blue (Binny) skirt covering the knee. 1" plate.
3. Tie Same as boys..
4. Shoes Leather, black shoes (Bata, Ballerina)
5. Socks White designed (Bata).
6. Pull over Deep blue, plain. No design, V necked two white stripes on the neck & armpit/ wrist. Three white stripes on the waist.
School badge is compulsory for each and every student.
[edit] School Calendar
New academic session : - 17th January.
Farewell for ICSE candidates : - 25th January.
Annual Sports : - 28th & 29th January.
School Day : - 15th February.
[edit] Examinations
Half Yearly Examination : - 17th June to 30th June.
Annual Examination :- 16th November to 30th November.
Besides this Unit Test will be held during the month of April and September.
[edit] Holidays
Summer Vacation :- 12th May to 11th May.
Puja Vacation :- One week (to be notified later).
Christmas Vacation :- 15th December current academic year to 15th January of next academic year.
[edit] School Office
All dues for the first admission and the first month of the Academic year must be deposited in the school office. After that day scholars will be provided with Bank Books of the State Bank of India [1] of either Arundhutinagar Branch or Agartala Bazar Branch, Agartala Branch or UBI,ONGC. Boarders however, will deposit their fees in the school office only.
The school and the school office shall remain closed on the following days :-
Netaji's Birthdays: 23rd January
Republic Day: 26th January
Good Friday: 2nd & 3rd April
May Day:1st May
Independence Day: 15th August
Gandhiji's Birthday: 2nd October
Christmas & New Years Day: 21st December to 4th January
[edit] Office Hours
Week Days : 10.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.
Saturday : 7.00 a.m. to 10.30 p.m.
