Chongqing Nankai Secondary School

Chongqing Nankai Middle School (simplified Chinese: 重庆南开中学; traditional Chinese: 重慶南開中學; pinyin: Chóngqìng Nánkāi Zhōngxúe) is a senior high school in Chongqing, China. It is located in Chenjiawan, Shapingba District. In a 2016 ranking of Chinese high schools that send students to study in American universities, Chongqing Nankai Middle School ranked number 28 in mainland China in terms of the number of students entering top American universities.[1][2]

Chongqing Nankai Secondary School
重庆南开中学
Administrative building
Address
1 South Shapingba Street

Chongqing
,
400030

China
Information
TypePublic school senior high school
Motto允公允能 日新月异
Commitment to society, persistent self-improvement
Founded1936
FounderZhang Boling
School districtShapingba
CEEB code694382
PrincipalTian Xiangping (田祥平)
Facultyabout 200
Age range15 ~ 18
LanguageChinese
Campus size24 hectares
School colour(s)     Purple
Tuition1200 RMB (204.05 U.S. dollars) per term for senior high [Note 1]
Funding anniversaryOctober 17
Websitewww.nks.edu.cn

History
School entrance, 2006

In the summer of 1936, educator Zhang Boling, the founder of Tianjin Nankai High School, went to Chongqing and built a private school, Nanyu Secondary School (南渝中学; Nanyu means South Chongqing). After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, Tianjin Nankai High School was heavily damaged by Japanese air raids. Many students and teachers fled to southwestern China. Many went to Chongqing, and joined Nanyu Middle School, while others went to Zigong and joined Shuguang High School, another high school under Zhang Boling's management. In December 1938, Nanyu Middle School changed its name to (Private) Chongqing Nankai Secondary School. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, its name was changed to Chongqing No. 3 Secondary School. In the 1980s, it reverted to the name Chongqing Nankai Secondary School.

The school campus covers an area of 362 mu (24 hectares). The campus has facilities such as science and computer laboratories, an astronomical observatory, a library, a school history museum, an indoor sports hall, a grand auditorium, an artistic centre, two outdoor stadiums, an indoor swimming pool, student dorms and Business Street. The school’s library has over 150 thousand volumes.

Chongqing Nankai Secondary School has a teaching staff of about 200, including 90 senior teachers, 9 special-graded teachers and 9 research fellows. Over 105 young teachers have a master's degree or above. The school participates in academic exchanges and has established academic relations with schools in the United States and Japan. About 30 teachers have been sent abroad on lecture tours or for advanced studies. Teachers in the school have won national prizes for improvement in teaching method and some teachers were specially rewarded by the state council.

More than 20 graduates have become the deputies of People’s Congress and members of The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in the school.

The school enrolment is over 6000, about 3000 of them living on campus. Every year about 99% of graduates enrol in colleges, among whom about 90% enter national universities. The number of students admitted by Peking University or Tsinghua University has been the highest among schools in Chongqing for years.

Celebrated scientists including some thirty academicians of the Chinese Academy of Science and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, educationalists, leaders of the CPC and the central government have graduated from the school in the past six decades.

The school has developed an education technology center, astronomical observatory, website and distance educational network.

Overview
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The school previously owned significant assets in Nankai Cheng, but these were sold for commercial purposes in 1994. This gave the school a chance to heavily improve its campus environment. Now Chongqing Nankai Secondary school has another campus, called Naikai (Rongqiao) middle school, which is located at Fenglin Rd, Nan'an, Chongqing, China. The new campus opened in 2004 used to only had students in 7th and 8th grade and those in 9th grade usually went back to the old main campus in Shapingba. 2015 class was the last class to have the tradition of returning. Since 2016 students in Naikai (Rongqiao) no longer transfer back to Naikai Secondary School. Instead, all middle school students will finish all three years in the new campus.

Alma mater

Notable alumni

Academicians
The old library with statue of Zhang Boling.
A traditional house in Jinnancun, which was built in 1936, and now serves as a teachers' dormitory.

33 graduates are members of the Chinese Academy of Science and Chinese Academy of Engineering:

Politicians

Economists

Arts and Media
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See also

Sister schools:

References
  1. People's Daily "http://gz.people.com.cn/n2/2016/0224/c358162-27802234.html" Feb 24, 2016.
  2. CollegeNode Ranking ""Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-14. Retrieved 2016-04-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)"
  1. It used to have junior high department, which is public-private-partnership (PPP) and provided free education but was turned to an independent private school in 2015 because of the new policy against PPP schools to try to provide equal education.

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