Desouza's School, Rourkela

DeSouza's School
Exterior of Desouza's School
Location
Rourkela
Odisha
India
Coordinates 22°14′22″N 84°52′54″E / 22.2395°N 84.8816°E / 22.2395; 84.8816Coordinates: 22°14′22″N 84°52′54″E / 22.2395°N 84.8816°E / 22.2395; 84.8816
Information
Type
Motto Born for Greater Things
Established 1958 (1958)
School district Sundergarh
Principal Alexander DeSouza[1]
Staff 130
Number of students 1,500
Classes Pre-nursery to class XII
Campus Six acres
Affiliation Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations

Desouza's School is a private Indian school in Sector-2 of Rourkela, Odisha. Established in 1958, it is affiliated to the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) and the Indian School Certificate (ISC).

In the heart of the Durgapur Hills of the Chota Nagpur Plateau, the school was a private initiative by academician Anne DeSouza and armyman Captain John A. DeSouza.

Courses

School corridor

The school offers kindergarten, primary, middle and secondary education. With Classes I to XII having science and commerce courses stream at the senior secondary level, the school prepares the students for the ICSE and ISC examinations.

The school has a primary resource room, science laboratories, computer rooms with television, LCD and overhead projector facilities, playgrounds and gardens and a library.

Facilities

The student facilities include:

  • science lab with the latest scientific appliances in the labs of physics, chemistry and biology. It has the best chemistry of Rourkela among all the schools.
  • computer lab with latest trends and technologies
  • audiovisual room for presentation of subjects using LCD projectors and latest-edition educational CDs and DVDs
  • auditorium that has a seating capacity of nearly 800 people

Co-curricular activities

  • value education with orientation sessions
  • cxtracurricular activities includes music, painting and drawing, debates, elocution, quizzes, and classical dance for overall development of the student's learning process
  • National Cadet Corps — under the 9th Odisha Battalion — provides qualities of leadership, discipline in the students (cadets attend camps to improve their skills)

Campus

Basketball ground

The school is on a six-acre campus at the foot of the hills of Sector-2 and is near Indira Gandhi Park, Gayatri Temple and Sushilavati Government Women's College.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Staff (undated). "Executive Committee Members". Association of Odisha ICSE Schools. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
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