National Public School, Rajajinagar
National Public School (or NPS-RNR or NPS-R) is a school located in Bangalore, India, established in 1959[1] by K. P. Gopalkrishna and consisting of both primary and secondary schools. Its main campus is located on Chord Road, 5th block, Rajajinagar. The campus comprises four buildings which house the classrooms, labs and auditorium.
National Public School, Rajajinagar | |
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Coordinates | 12°59′2.98″N 77°32′58.34″E |
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Motto | Reach Out, Reach High, Reach Beyond |
Established | 1959 |
Chairman | K. P. Gopalkrishna |
Principal | Santhamma Gopalkrishna, Malathy Narayan |
Grades | 1-12 + kindergarten |
The school is one of the few schools in India given full autonomy by the Central Board of Secondary Education. Classes generally consist of 30–40 children, and the total student strength is 1800 Act.[2] In the same month, the Karnataka High Court granted a stay order on the disaffiliation of the school and restored full affiliation.[3]
House system
Students are divided among four houses: Phoenix (blue), Centaur (red), Pegasus (yellow), and Orion (green). The houses compete each year for two trophies, the Sports Cup awarded for athletics performance, and the House Cup awarded for other merits (drama, science, mathematics, etc.).
Facilities
The school has an auditorium, with another one under construction. The auditorium doubles as a sports facility.
The school has a senior and junior science laboratories, computer laboratory and audiovisual facility, among others.
Sport
Volleyball, basketball, football and throw-ball are the only permitted outdoor sports, along with badminton, handball and annual races.
School events
The school organizes a bi-annual inter-school competition. The competition, known as Napsonic,[4] involves teams from only the sister schools competing to win prizes for events. To ensure fair play, the students of National Public School, Rajajinagar do not participate in the fests that the school usually sponsors.[5]
Each year the school organizes a Graduation Day[6] program[7] to bid adieu to the graduating students, during the course of which students hold aloft lamps.
There are sports events conducted for classes 1 to 12 and kindergarten,[8] in which the winners enjoy a crown-wearing ceremony, witnessed by the participating section.
Sister schools
- National Public School, Koramangala
- National Public School, Indiranagar
- National Public School, Chennai
- National Academy For Learning
- The International School Bangalore
- National Public School, Mysore
- National Public School, ITPL
- National Public School, HSR
- National Public School International, Singapore
Notable alumni
- Ashwini Nachappa, international athlete from Karnataka
- Vivek V Subramanyam, Founder and CEO, Technology Holdings Worldwide (London, UK)
- Ambi Subramaniam, violinist
- Bindu Subramaniam, Carnatic Vocalist
- D. K. Shivakumar President of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee
- D. K. Suresh Member of Parliament, Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha Constituency
- Shashank ND, Co-Founder and CEO, Practo
References
- National Public School Official Website. "Other Branches."
- Ramani, Chitra V (6 September 2016). "CBSE withdraws affiliation of six NPS institutions". The Hindu. Bengaluru. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- "HC stays disaffiliation of NPS Group of institutions". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
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- The Hindu: News Report of Graduation Day
- NPS Rajajinagar Kindergarten Sports Day