Serampore Union Institution
Serampore Union Institution is a Bengali medium boys' school in India, accredited as "A-Grade Excellent Educational Institution" by West Bengali Council of Higher Secondary Education for its brilliant and enviable academic performance. The school was inaugurated by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. The school is affiliated to the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education. It was established in 1884. In 2009, the school celebrated its 125th anniversary.[1]
| Serampore Union Institution | |
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| Coordinates | 22°45′47.2″N 88°20′14.2″E |
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| Type | Government sponsored H.S. school |
| Established | 1884 |
| Headmaster | Mr. Debashis Kundu(Teacher in charge) |
| Color(s) | White, Black |
| Athletics | Football, cricket, volleyball. |
| Website | http://www.sui.co.in |
Spread over an area of almost ten bighas and close to the river, the Hooghly, in the heart of Serampore (erstwhile Fredricknagore), a Historical and famous city in West Bengal. Serampore Union Institution has been in the centre of many historical events of before and after India's independence, with her spirited children actively participating in the freedom movement and process of reformation, social as well as political, besides achieving brilliant academic excellence spanning a period of hundred and twenty five years since 1884.
Location
The school is a Bengali medium school (boys) situated at 7 K.M. Bhattacharya Street, Tinbazar, Serampore - 712201, West Bengal, India. It is situated at almost 1.5 km towards East from Serampore Town Railway Station on the Howrah–Bardhaman main line, 20 km (north) from Howrah Junction. The western bank of the Hooghly River (Ganges) is just 500 metres away from the school.
Curriculum
The school offers classes from grade 5 to grade 12. It is under the education board of WBBSE and WBCHSE (W.B.B.S.E. INDEX NUMBER TI-064).
Subjects offered in the Secondary Level (Class V to Class X)
- First Language: Bengali
- Second Language: English
- Third Language: Sanskrit (Class VII & VIII)
- Mathematics
- Physical Science / Natural Science
- Life Science
- History
- Geography
- Computer Education
- Work Education
- Physical Education
(Subjects as offered by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education)
Subjects offered in the Higher Secondary Level (Class XI to Class XII)
- Science
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Mathematics
- Biology
- Computer Science
- Statistics
- Commerce
- Accountancy
- Business Organisation
- Economics
- Economic Geography
- Mathematics
- Computer Application
Classes are taught in Bengali and English. Subjects as offered by the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education.
Infrastructure
The school comprises three adjoined buildings and one football ground which include a cricket pitch. The school has an old enviable library, three sophisticated science labs, a physical gym and a computer lab with air conditioning and trained teachers.
Teachers
- Sri Debashis Kundu (teacher in charge) (Biology)
- Sri Haradhan Mondal (Physics)
- Sri Gopal Mukhopadhyay (Bengali)
- Smt Kankana Saha (Geography)
- Sri Mrityunjoy Das (Mathematics)
- Smt Rita Roy (Biology)
- Smt Nila Bhattacharya (English)
- Smt Anushri Bhattacharya (Chemistry)
- Sri Srikanta Das (Game & Physical Education)
- Sri Madhav Chandra Dutta (Physics)
- Sri Partha Priyo Mondol (History)
- Sri Sanat Kumar De (Accountancy)
- Sri Partha Gangopadhyay (Bangali)
- Sri Rajib Mukhopadhyay (English)
- Sri Sudipta Datta (English)
- Smt Sukanya Das (Geography)
- Sri Ramprasad Soren (Biology)
- Smt Suchismita Mondol (Bengali)
- Sri Subrata Adak (Sanskrit)
- Sri Nabakumar Ghosh (Math & Work)
- Sri Samir Saha (Math)
- Sri Prosenjit Saha (Physical Science & Math)
- Sri Avrendu Ghosh (accountancy )
- Sri Suman Chakraborty (Chemistry)
- Sri Shantonu Chongdar (Bengali)
- Smt Monalisa Bannerjee (Computer)
- Smt Arundhuti Sengupta (Physics)
- Sri Srimanta Murmu (History)
- Sri Purnajoy Mondol
- Smt Susmritri Panja
- Sri Sailen Roy (Biology)
History
It was towards the end of the 19th century, led by Sri Naryan Chandra Bhattacharyya, some locals of Serampore, Mahesh and Ballavpur approached Pandit Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar with a request to open a branch of the Metropolitan High School in Serampore. But Vidyasagar Mahasai advised them to set up a school in the town on their own. With his blessing came Mahesh Higher class English School with fifty six students in the year 1884. Later the school moved from Mahesh Higher to Newgate street (present Rishi Bankim Sarani) and from there to Poffam House, the present Vidyasagar bhavan of the school building.
In the 1930s the doors of the school were opened for the girls of the town willing to pursue higher education after primary level until Serampore Girls’ High School came up to shoulder the responsibility. During the war the school building also housed some classes of Serampore College.
This historical institution of academic excellence now stands on the threshold of the post-centenary silver jubilee celebration, and there is no end to the journey that began in 1884.
Beside imparting school education par excellence to the students of the town and its adjoining places, which has earned the school “A-Grade Excellence” education from West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education. The school has also played an important role in the town in creating mass awareness on different social and science related issues involving in the students and common people.
Several eminent alumni of the school evince her glorious heritage. Acharya Krishna Chandra Bhattacharya (former vice chancellor, Visvabharati University), Prof. Panchanan Singha (Principal, Asutosh College), Dr. Mohini Mohan Ghosh (ex-principal, City College), Dr. Basanta Kumar Samanta (eminent mathematician and ex-principal), Hooghly Mohosin College and Chandannagore Govt. College), Late Swami Gokulananda Maharaj (head, Rama Krishna Mission, Delhi) Dr. Mriganka Sekhar Singha, Dr. Gopal Das Nag(former minister, Govt. of West Bengal), Sahid Gopinath Saha (matyr), Sankariprasad Mukhopadhyay (freedom fighter), Amiya Mukhopadhyay (captain of Bengal Athletics), Saroj Chatterjee (goalkeeper, Mohan Bagan) are some of the many famous students of the school besides a great many academicians, scientists technologists, doctors who have made valuable contribution to their respective fields and thus ensured the emergence of great nation.