Delhi Public School, Rourkela

Delhi Public School Rourkela
Location
Rourkela Odisha India
Information
Type	Primary, middle, secondary
Motto	Service Before Self
Established	1993
School district	Sundergarh
Chairperson	Mr. Ashok Chandra, DPS Society
Principal	Mr. Sidhartha Ratha^[1]
Staff	120
Number of students	2500
Classes	Nursery to class XII
Campus	Sector 14, Rourkela
Affiliation	CBSE
Website	www.dpsrkl.in

Delhi Public School, Rourkela, (or DPS Rourkela) is a school in the district of Sundergarh, Odisha, Sector-14, Rourkela, India. The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi. Delhi Public School is run by Delhi Public School Society.

DPS Rourkela is one of the mother schools of the DPS Society. It was directly established by the society and not franchised.

The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education for classes from Nursery to XII. The principal is Mr. Sidhartha Ratha.

History

The co-aid school was established on 20 August 1992, in collaboration with the public sector undertaking Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) SAIL. They provided 16 acres of land and assistance. The school was functioning first in Sector-18 and in 2004 it was shifted to Sector-14, Rourkela.

Delhi Public School Rourkela

Facilities

The school has facilities for cricket, football, basketball, tennis, badminton, etc. Coaches train in these sports. DPS Rourkela provides opportunities for the students to develop their interests in public speaking, quizzing, environment awareness and conservation, dance, music, and art.

The school has a Primary Resource Room, Science Laboratories, Mathematics Laboratory, Computer Rooms with TV, LCD and OHP facilities, playgrounds and gardens, Audio Visual Rooms and a library.

Courses

The school has 2,500 students from Kindergarten (Nursery), Class I to XII, with Science, Commerce and Arts at Senior Secondary level.
It prepares the students of Class X and XII for CBSE examinations AISSE, AISSCE, IIT, AIEEE etc.
It prepares the students of Class VIII for NTSE (National Talent Search Examination).

Activities

Students are divided into four houses - Ganga (blue), Kaveri (yellow), Mahanadi (red) and Narmada (green).

Activities include:

Inter-school and inter-state games
Co-curricular activities
Inter-school cultural talent competitions
Excursions
Exhibitions
Sports
Functions
Fun
Inter-house competitions

References

↑ "Principal of School". DPS Rourkela. Retrieved 2011-04-07.

External links

Official website

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Education in Rourkela

Colleges

Engineering	Padmanava College of Engineering Purushottam Institute of Engineering and Technology Purushottam School of Engineering and Technology Rourkela Institute of Technology S.K.D.A.V. Polytechnic For Women Utkalmani Gopabandhu Institute of Engineering

Medical	Hi-Tech Medical College and Hospital Kanak Manjari Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences Utkalmani Homoeopathic Medical College

General	Government Autonomous College Municipal College Ispat Autonomous College Rourkela Law College DAV Girls' College DAMITS NICE

Business Schools	School of Management, NIT Rourkela Rourkela Institute of Management Studies

Schools

CBSE	DAV Public School Delhi Public School Deepika English Medium School Guru Nanak Public School Kendriya Vidyalaya Saraswati Vidya Mandir St. Arnolds School

ICSE	Carmel School Chinmaya Vidyalaya Desouza's School Ispat English Medium School MGM English Medium School Sri Aurobindo's Rourkela School St. Gregorios Higher Secondary School St. Joseph's Convent School, Hamirpur St. Paul's School

State Gov.	Govt. Highschool, Uditnagar Municipal College Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Sector 06

Specially Challenged	Home and Hope, Sector 17 School for Deaf, Sector 06

Music and Dance	Music Circle

NGOs	Akshaya Patra Foundation

University

Biju Patnaik University of Technology
National Institute of Technology

Coordinates: 22°15′18″N 84°50′17″E / 22.254883°N 84.8380029°E / 22.254883; 84.8380029