Scottish Church Collegiate School

Scottish Church Collegiate School (SCCS)
Address
73, Bidhan Sarani, 32/8, Beadon Street, Kolkata - 700006, West Bengal, India.[1]
Information
Type	Private school
Religious affiliation(s)	Church of North India
Established	13 July 1830
Founder	Alexander Duff
President	Ashoke Biswas
Headmaster	Bivash Saniel
Affiliation	WBBSE & WBCHSE
Website	www.thescottishchurchschool.com

The Scottish Church Collegiate School is a boys' school in north Kolkata, West Bengal having a history of more than 180 years. The school was founded in 1830 by Alexander Duff, who came to Calcutta as the first missionary of the Church of Scotland to India. The Scottish Church Collegiate School is affiliated with the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education, and the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education for the secondary & higher secondary school examinations respectively. The school functions under the Governing Body of Diocesan Schools, the Diocesan Board of Education and the Church of North India.^[2]

History

Alexander Duff (1806–1878) established a school, called the General Assembly’s Institution, at the residence of the-then famous Feringhi Kamal Bose on 51 Upper Chitpur Road, near Jorasanko on 13 July 1830.
Due to rise in number of the students the school was shifted to a palatial building, on the Nimtala Ghat Street (Now Jorabagan police station) and continued there till March 1844. After that the school was again shifted to Cornwallis Square (now Urquhart Square). In 1910 the school was finally transferred and settled in the newly erected building on the Cornwallis Street. In its centenary year it was renamed as “The Scottish Church Collegiate School”. A building was later built on the play ground at Roy Bagan Street, beside the main building. This building was further enlarged in 1958 and later named as "Hensman Block" after the then headmaster J.C. Hensman. The primary section of the school began its function in 1950 at the St. Andrew’s House on Beadon Street (near manicktala market). Previously, it had been used the premises as hostel for outstation students. The Governing Body of the school has planned to start a new English medium pre-primary section in the St. Andrews House from the academic session 2012-13.
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has marked the main premises of the school as a grade-1 heritage building.

Notable alumni

• Lal Behari Dey, religious leader
• Turiyananda, religious leader
• Dhan Gopal Mukerji, writer
• Bijoy Chandra Sarbadhikari, cricket commentator and journalist
• Badal Sarkar, dramatist and theater director
• Moti Nandi, writer
• Manna Dey, playback singer
• Anindya Chatterjee, singer, lyricist and composer
• Bikash Sinha, physicist
• Ashoke Sen, physicist
• Surya Shekhar Ganguly, chess player
• Sayantan Das, chess player
• Dulal Lahiri, film and television actor
• Arin Paul, filmmaker and writer
• Silajit Majumder, singer, songwriter and actor
• Subhasish Mukhopadhyay, film actor

See also

• Scottish Church College, the twin institution of the school, also founded by Duff.

References