St. Vincent's High and Technical School

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St. Vincent’s High & Technical School (known more recently just as SVTS) is one of the oldest schools in eastern India. It is a kindergarten through 12th grade school of secondary education, located in Asansol, in the western part of West Bengal, about 200 km from Kolkata (Calcutta).

[edit] Founding

St. Vincent's was founded in 1927, by the Congregation of Christian Brothers, a Catholic society from Ireland that has undertaken missionary and educational work worldwide. This group, also informally known as the Christian Brothers, was founded by Edmund Ignatius Rice. St. Vincent’s is one of the 19 Christian Brothers Schools in India.

[edit] Description

With three sections for each class/grade from 1-10, three kindergarten sections KG-A, KG-B and KG-C, and one section for 11-12, there are about 1,500 students enrolled in the school. The school follows the 10+2 Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations curriculum which includes the national ICSE exam at the end of Class 10, and the ISC exam at the end of Class 12. The school enjoys considerable recognition for academic excellence, having produced many state and national rankers.

St. Vincent's was originally a fully residential school. It started admitting day scholars later, and finally closed the hostel completely in late 1990s. The school is one of the largest landowners in Asansol, with buildings, fields and wooded areas on prime real estate.This school has a swimming pool (and is the only institution with this facility in the city). It also runs summer camp during the summer vacations facilitating other budding kids to learn swimming.

[edit] Related links

SVS Alumni Association, is an official alumni organization with 350+ alumni that was founded in 2006. One can view their website at http://www.svts-alumni.org and can join the association by going here