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
Location
Rajajinagar, Bangalore

India
Coordinates12°59′2.98″N 77°32′58.34″E
Information
MottoReach Out, Reach High, Reach Beyond
Established1959
ChairmanK. P. Gopalkrishna
PrincipalSanthamma Gopalkrishna, Malathy Narayan
Grades1-12 + 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

Notable alumni

References
  1. National Public School Official Website. "Other Branches."
  2. Ramani, Chitra V (6 September 2016). "CBSE withdraws affiliation of six NPS institutions". The Hindu. Bengaluru. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  3. "HC stays disaffiliation of NPS Group of institutions". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  4. National Public School
  5. "National Public School"
  6. National Public School
  7. The Hindu: News Report of Graduation Day
  8. NPS Rajajinagar Kindergarten Sports Day
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