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"Educate and Illuminate"
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| #18, SBOA School Road Anna Nagar Western Extension Anna Nagar Chennai, Tamil Nadu India, 600 101, |
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| Coordinates | 13°5'31"N 80°11'42"E |
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| Founded | June 6, 1976 |
| Founder | E.A.G. Moses |
| Area trustee | SBIOA Educational Trust |
| Principal | P. C. Selvarani |
| Vice principal | Sylvia Godwin J. Ebenezer Samraj |
| Faculty | 343 (at 2010) |
| Gender | Boys and girls |
| Age range | 4-17 years |
| Number of students | 9960 (2010 status) |
| Average class size | 60 |
| Classes offered | LKG - 12th |
| Medium of language | English |
| Language | English Tamil |
| Hours in school day | 8 |
| Houses | Cheran Cholan Pandian Pallavan |
| Colour(s) | Light blue and navy blue |
| Song | "Lift the standard" |
| Affiliations | CBSE |
| Website | Sboajc.org |
SBOA School and Junior College, is one of the first and largest school campuses for the SBIOA Education Trust, run by the State Bank of India Officers Association in Anna Nagar Western Extension, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The school educates students from LKG to Std. 12.
The school has hostel facilities for the students.
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The SBOA School and Junior College was started 1979 by Mr. E.A.G. Moses of the State Bank of India Officers' Association Educational Trust. The school was officially started in 1979 at Anna Nagar West, Chennai. It was started in that year to coincide with the International Year of the Child, for the benefit of the Bank's officers' children. The first principal was Ms. Shirley Ray.
In 1983, the trust started a new school providing education in the Matriculation board syllabus also: SBOA Matriculation and Higher Secondary School which was later moved to a separate campus in 1994.
The SBIOA runs the following schools in the south Indian states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu:[1]
The school consists of a Main Building, which is the first and the oldest building of the school, for students of classes 6th to 12th. There is another building for classes 1 to 6, which is the largest block of the school. There is also a Rotunda like structure for the Kindergarten children. It is the only fully air-conditioned block of the school. The school has an open air theater and two indoor auditoriums which are used to celebrate cultural events and functions.
SBOA School And Junior College has achieved 100% pass percentage in the AISCE and the AISSCE since 1989. Attendance for these examinations have also been 100%.
Students are placed in one of the four houses named after the major kingdoms in Tamil. The four houses of the school are:
Each house has a Housemaster.Housemistress,a Captain and Vice caption.All school activities are organized on the basis of the House System.The best house will be judged by its performance and a Rolling Trophy will be awarded on the School Day.Each house has its own motto and flag.The houses are encouraged to develop team spirit and motivate pupils for better participation.
The staff of the school consists of Department Heads, and academic supervisors with the Senior Principal as the team Leader.
Principal: P. C. Selvarani
Headmaster/headmistress: Valleri Devisser ,Lily Dominic,John Anbalagan
Students of the school have represented Chennai city in state level basketball tournaments.
It has won the CBSE inter-school clusters Tamil Nadu level tournament in 2006 under the captaincy of Amresh.
The school has won national Sports awards in basketball, volleyball, cricket, football and athletics.
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