Ispat English Medium School
Ispat English Medium School is an English medium school in Sector 20 of the Rourkela Steel Township in Rourkela, Odisha, India. The school follows the syllabus prescribed by the CISCE.
| Ispat English Medium School | |
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| Address | |
Sector - 20 , | |
| Coordinates | 22.2625°N 84.8802°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Primary, Middle, Secondary |
| Motto | Play The Game |
| Established | 1961 |
| Principal | B. Kar |
| Faculty | 60 |
| Number of students | 1500 |
| Classes | I to XII |
| Houses | Red, Yellow, Blue, Green |
| Mascot | Tagore, Rajaji, Shivaji, Pratap |
| Yearbook | Spectrum |
| Website | iemsrsp |
History
Ispat English Medium School, the only ICSE Institution under SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant was started on 1961 with 27 students, five teachers and two class rooms. It ran on the Indian Public School (IPS) system. The school has been affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi since May, 1964. It is one of the very first schools established in Rourkela and the first to have English as the medium of instruction. Admission is only to children of parents working for SAIL, CISF, CRPF and other Central Government undertakings and REC.
About
In 1982 the institution started a Junior College (ISC +2) with Science Stream. Its academic activities expanded with the new addition of +2 Commerce stream from 2004.
The school has completed 50 years in 2011.
Facilities
The school is a day-time education facility - there are no boarding students. The school is run by the education department of the Steel Authority of India Limited.
Now the school has 1500 students (boys and girls) and sixty teachers.
Housing
The school is set up according to a house system. There are four houses named after Indian personalities.
| Color | House | Named After |
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| Green | Pratap | Maharana Pratap |
| Yellow | Rajaji | C. Rajagopalachari |
| Blue | Shivaji | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj |
| Red | Tagore | Rabindranath Tagore |