Boys' High School & College, Allahabad

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Boys' High School & College, is an independent school in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was founded in 1861 for the purpose of providing a Christian education to the children of Europeans and Anglo-Indians, but has always accepted children from all backgrounds. Though originally co-educational, it now admits only boys. It has existed on its present site in central Allahabad since 1861. Since 1940 it has been managed by the Allahabad High School Society.

Boys' High School & College
Location
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Information
Principal C.V. Innes
Type Private
Campus Urban
Motto Mentem Hominis Spectato Non Frontem
Color(s) Blue,Green,Red,Yellow
Established 1861
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[edit] Educational Achievements

  • A student of BHS, Udbhav Kumar Singh won a gold medal in the 2005 International Astronomy Olympiads.He also went on to qualify the prestigious Indian National Mathematical Olympiad.
  • The school has a well-equipped computer lab and provides compulsory computer education till class VIII and as an optional subject till class XII.
  • BHS has introduced a new subject, Environmental Studies, for generating an awareness about ecology and the threats posed to it as well means to minimise these.
  • There are plans to introduce the study of humanities in the college section. BHS will be the first institution to do so in the whole of eastern Uttar Pradesh.

[edit] Previous Principals

1) D.K.Kerrin 2) R.C.Dutt 3) Rev. MacGowan 4) Arthur Terence Flynn,a B.H.S. alumnus, and a well known Mathematics and Chemistry teacher who went on to become the Principal in 1966 and continued till 1988. 5) W.E.Andrews 6) C.V. Innes from 1989 till date

[edit] Extra-Curricular Activities

The school has one of the best sports facilities in the region including a full-fledged basket-ball court and an international standard boxing-ring. It has also done pioneering work in the field of gymnastics.

[edit] Noted Personalities

The famous Hindi film actor Amitabh Bachchan studied here.

[edit] References

http://www.boyshighschool.com/ The official site of the school.