Stepping Stone Model School
Stepping Stone Model School is located at the city of Alipurduar in the state of West Bengal. This location is in the northeastern part of India, just north of Bangladesh and south of Bhutan. The school practices English-medium education, meaning that it uses English as the primary medium of instruction.
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| Coordinates | 26.4923644°N 89.5256658°E |
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| Established | January 13, 1988 |
| Founder | Chandan Ghosh, Mita Ghosh |
| School district | Alipurduar district |
| Principal | Chandan Ghosh Mita Ghosh |
| Gender | Co-Ed |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Nickname | SSMS |
| Affiliation | ICSE & ISC |
About School
The school follows the academic programme of Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) and Indian Secondary Council (ISC). The heads of the institution are Chandan Ghosh and Mita Ghosh.
Students at this school have often participated in question-and-answer activities with Derek O'Brien. These activities have been reported in The Telegraph newspaper.[1]
This school have won many state - district championship in science. Passed - outs are known to be established in their fields.
Subjects
The subjects offered are English, Hindi/Bengali, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, Computer Applications, Geography, and History for ICSE(10th).
For ISC(12th), students can choose among the different streams. i.e., Science, Arts and Commerce. The Science stream consists of Chemistry, Physics, Maths and Biology/Computer Science. The Commerce stream consists of Economics, Commerce, Accounts, Mats Environmental Studies, Organizational behavior, etc. with Biology/Computer Science. The Arts stream consists of History, Geography, etc. with Biology/Computer Science. English and Hindi/Bengali are compulsory for students.
The teachers strictly follow the course and preparation for common entrance tests has to be done separately.
Information
- Board: ICSE, ISC
- Category: Private Funded School
- Medium: English Medium
- First Language: English
- Second Language:Hindi, Bengali
- Facilities Provided : Computer Lab, Chemistry lab, Play Ground, Sports,physics lab etc.
- Extracurricular activities : Education about Human Values, Yoga, Karate, Table Tennis and Volleyball.
Extracurricular activities
Students are divided into three houses Peace, Power and Prosperity and Sports is held between them alternately with cultural functions every year. Competition is held in Chess, Badminton, Kho-Kho,Kabaddi etc.A school multipurpose playground is under construction which is proposed to have infrastructure for different types of sports. Classes are held for Karate, Yoga and one class is allotted every week for the students to play games as they like.
Alumni
The school has numerous UPSC cadres and many are pursuing their degrees at Universities of international fame.Many are reading in well known medical colleges, IIT and other well known institutions. The famous scientist Souvik Bose is another notable alumni of the school.