National High School, Basavanagudi

National High School (or NHS) is a government-aided high school in Bangalore, India. It is in the southern part of Bangalore, in a location called Basavanagudi. With grades/classes for 8th, 9th and 10th, the school caters to every meritorious student regardless of their religion or caste. The late Dr.H. Narasimhaiah, who strived to keep the public school system up and running, contributed to the school immensely.[1]

National High School, Basavanagudi

History

National High School has a very historic beginning closely tied with the Indian freedom movement. In order to spread the spirit of social freedom to all the corners of the country, Dr. Annie Besant (founder of Center for World Theosophy ) along with others, set up a number of "national" institutions. One such institution is National High School in Bangalore, started in 1917.

The National High School has been a host to several freedom fighters including Mahatma Gandhi who visited the school on a couple of occasions to propagate the spirit of a free India.

"Core Values of the National High School, apart from having a spirit of service and sacrifice are the ethical and spiritual values and a sense of dedication to National purposes. Character building for the youth is the AIM".

Later, Dr. H. Narasimhaiah (HN), also a student of National High School, and a Principal of The National College, Basavanagudi, played a key role in the growth of these institutions. He later became the Vice Chancellor of Bangalore University and was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India for his self less service for betterment of education.

Today, National Education Society (NES), the parent body of National High School and National College, has a total of fourteen educational institutions, most of them serving the rural areas, around Bangalore. To this day, NES has refrained from accepting donations and their focus is to provide education to the needy sections of the society, a value imbibed from the Mahatma. This tradition is being continued to this day by Dr. A H Rama Rao, President of National Education Society, who encourages Udyam Trust in its activities.

Admission

Admission is open to everyone without regard to religion, caste or creed. There is a minimum requirement of an overall score of 85%–90% in the seventh standard exam a student has to obtain in order to seek admission in this school.

Panchayat elections

There are five sections for each grade/class, A to E. For each section there are five leaders elected, normally three boys and two girls. Among all the 25 leaders, There will be another round of election for the selection of school Union Leader and two other Members of Union Cabinet who represent the school. This election process is annually conducted in the month of July.

Facilities

Labs

  • Physics Lab
  • Biology Lab
  • Chemistry Lab
  • Science Centre
  • Computer Lab

Sport

  • Cricket
  • Handball
  • Hockey
  • Football
  • Badminton
  • Swimming
  • Athletics
  • Table tennis
  • Tennis
  • Carrom
  • Chess
  • Basketball

Other Facilities

  • Smart Boards
  • Library
  • NCC
  • Seva Dala
  • Afternoon Meals ( ಬಿಸಿ ಊಟ )

"Clubs"

  • Science club
  • Eco club
  • Consumer club
  • Rotary interaction club
  • Surakshana samiti

Faculty
  • Dr. Venkatarama Bhattar – Sanskrit (Pratibha Bhushana awardee)(Head Master)
  • V.R. and K.G.R – Kannada famous professor
  • S.G.R – Biology/ Chemistry
  • B.R.B – Physics
  • A.A.B – Mathematics
  • N.S.S – Biology
  • S.N – Mathematics
  • K.R.M – Social Studies/English
  • S.M – Social Studies/English
  • T.S.G – Social Studies/English
  • K.C and I.S.A - (Physical Education)

Alumni

Alumni Associations have been formed using Yahoogroups, Orkut or Facebook. Udyam headed by alumni, to give back to the school, has been started.

Notable alumni
  • H.D. Kumaraswamy – Chief Minister of Karnataka.
  • Anil Kumble - Cricketer
  • Ramesh Aravind - Film actor
  • Chandrashekar - Cricketer
  • Chandrashekar - Film Actor
  • Dr Vishnuvardhan - Film Actor
  • K B Akhilesh - Professor, Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science
  • Prabhakara – IAS (Retd) - Chief Secretary of the government of Karnataka.
  • Raghunath. N – Deputy Manager, Bharat Electronics Limited, Ministry Of Defence, Government of India
  • Ashok Bhardwaj-Film Producer, K B Productions
  • Karthik, Y M – Assistant Professor – electronics and communication.
  • Arjun, K R – Assistant Professor – electronics and communication.
  • Vinayak Joshi - Film Actor
  • Arjun Sarja - Famous Movie Actor
  • Sunil Rao - Film Actor
  • Srujan Lokesh - Stand up Comedian
  • EAS Prasanna - Cricketer
  • Prakash Podukone - Ex Badmintion Player
  • Dr. Muralidhara Thimmaiah - Senior Lecturer at University of Washington, USA
  • Manharlal Pranlal Thakkar - Justice of the Supreme Court of India
  • Dr. G. Guruswamy Principal Scientist, NASA
  • B.V.Vittal, Dy. Resident Commissioner, Karnataka Bhawan, New Delhi

See also

References
  1. "From the hallowed portals". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 16 March 2017.

"ಚಳವಳಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನ್ಯಾಷನಲ್ ಕಾಲೇಜ್‌ಗೂ ಪಾಲು". m.prajavani.net. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2017.

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