Bidhannagar Municipal School

Bidhannagar Municipal School
Bidhannagar Municipal School
Address
	FE 175/1; Salt Lake City; Kolkata, West Bengal 700106; India
Coordinates	22°34′57″N 88°25′8″E
Information
School type	Govt. aided Private High School
Motto	Shradhhavan Lavate Gnyanam
Established	1997
Principal	Bhaswati Chakraborti
Teaching staff	100
Grades	First Grade to Twelfth Grade
Gender	Co-Ed
Education system	Indian
Medium of language	Bengali or English
School color(s)	White and Grey
Sports	Soccer, Cricket
Affiliations	West Bengal Board of Secondary Education, West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education

Bidhannagar Municipal School (B.M.S.) is a primary and higher secondary school in Bidhannagar (Salt Lake City), Kolkata, India. It is affiliated to West Bengal Board of Secondary Education[1] and West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education[2]

History

The school was founded in 1997, with the first classes being held in Acharya Prafulla Chandra School, BK Block, Salt Lake. The school moved to its new building in FE Block soon afterwards.[3] The inauguration ceremony was on 1 July 1999, led by West Bengal Finance Minister Dr. Ashim Dasgupta and Higher Education Minister Satyasadhan Chakraborty.

The three-story building has a triangular shape with a small courtyard in the middle. A playground is beside the main building. The school has laboratories and equipment for sports. It encourages students to take part in cultural programmes and inter-school competition, including painting and chess competitions.

Student life

The school has a primary department and a high school department up to 12th standard. It gives its students the option to study in Bengali or English. At the +2 level, there are science, Commerce and humanities streams.

Students participate in an intra-school cultural event and competition every year known as the Shikhharthi Utsav (students' festival),[4] and Foundation Day is celebrated every year on 1 July. Soccer championships, kabaddi competitions, quizzes and an annual sports day[5] are held.

References

http://wbbse.org/sn24pgs.htm
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 July 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"19 students hurt in accident". The Statesman. 1 August 2004. Retrieved 15 May 2008.
"Students festival of BMS, 2004" (Adobe Flash). Google Video. Retrieved 15 May 2008.
"Annual School Sports of BMS , 2007" (Adobe Flash). Google Video. Retrieved 15 May 2008.

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[1] ttp://wbbse.org/sn24pgs.htm

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 July 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "19 students hurt in accident". The Statesman. 1 August 2004. Retrieved 15 May 2008.

[4] "Students festival of BMS, 2004" (Adobe Flash). Google Video. Retrieved 15 May 2008.

[5] "Annual School Sports of BMS , 2007" (Adobe Flash). Google Video. Retrieved 15 May 2008.