The Frank Anthony Public School, New Delhi

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FAPS		Motto	"Courage is destiny"
Established	1959
School type	Public
Board	[ICSE]
Established By	"Mr. Frank Anthony"
Chairman	"Neil O' Brien"
Location	India
Faculty	Fulltime
Mascot	Torch
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The Frank Anthony Public School is a school in New Delhi, India.

The school was founded in 1959 and was started by Mr. Frank Anthony who was a part of the Indian constituent assembly and represented the Anglo-Indian committee. It has been built up steadily over the years. It is housed in four buildings designed by the German architect, Mr. Heinz. The school is located in Lajpat Nagar, adjacent to the Lady Shiriram college. Children from all communities and sects are taught here. The school is coeducational and today has more than 3300 boys and girls on the rolls from classes Nursery, Preparatory right up to Class XII. The Institution is a great host to the educational well being of the Anglo-Indian Community and indeed to National Education. Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit, who presided at one of the athletic meets, described the School as a picture postcard school. The Frank Anthony Public School, New Delhi is established, owned and administered by the All-India Anglo-Indian Education Institution, New Delhi, Registered under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860. The school is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (the only one in New Delhi), which was established by the late Mr. Frank Anthony in 1958 in liaison with the Cambridge Syndicate and continued as the elected Chairman till his demise in December 1993. The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations is today one of the leading Examining Boards in the country.