Santragachi Kedarnath Institution, Howrah

Santragachi Kedarnath Institution (or Santragachi K.N. Institution), abbreviated as S.K.N.I, is a Government-sponsored, Bengali medium, higher secondary school located in Santragachi, Howrah in the state of West Bengal, India.[5] The first vernacular Bengali medium school of Howrah district, Santragachi Minor School, that was founded in 1857, was upgraded to Santragachi Kedarnath Institution in 1925. Howrah's first Indian chairman and vice-chairman Kedarnath Bhattacharya founded the original institution in 1957 and the professor of Ashutosh College, Ashutosh Mukherjee laid the foundation stone in 1920.[6][7]

Santragachi Kedarnath Institution
Santragachi K.N. Institution
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Address
Santragachi Kedarnath Institution
Santragachi K.N. Institution
Location of Santragachi Kedarnath Institution
181 Sastri Narendra Nath Ganguly Road.

near Ramrajatala

Santragachi

Howrah
,
West Bengal

India
Coordinates22°35′6.417″N 88°18′13.566″E
Information
Other nameS.K.N.I
Former nameSantragachi Minor School[1]
School typeGovernment sponsored Higher Secondary School
MottoSanskrit: श्रद्धाबान् लभ्तो ज्ञनम्
(Those, who respect get the Knowledge)
Established
  • Originally founded: 1857
  • Re-founded in 1870, as Santragachi Minor School
  • Re-founded on 17 July 1925, as Santragachi Kedarnath Institution
(see history)
FounderKedarnath Bhattacharya, Manmatanath Seth, Mahendranath Kar
Sister schoolSantragachi Kedarnath Institution (for Girls)
School districtHowrah
School codeF1-116, 106071[2]
Faculty~40 (Secondary, High Secondary),[3] ~20 (Primary)
Number of students
  • Total approx 2200
    • approx. 1600 (Boys secondary and high secondary) and
    • 600 (Boys Primary)
Student to teacher ratio40 (Boys)
Classes offeredPreprimary-XII
Medium of languageBengali
Schedule typeDay
Schedule
  • Sec, HS- 10:30am- 4:30pm
  • Primary- 6:30am-10:30am
Classrooms~40
Campus size62,000 square feet (5,800 m2)
Campus typeUrban
Houses
  • Ram Charan Seth Block
  • Rupen Kar Memorial Block
  • Ram Krishna Das Block
  • Upendranath Kar Block
  • Satish Chandra Bhattacharjee Block
  • Guest Keen Williams Block
  • Jubilee Block
SportsFootball, Others
PublicationSchool Calendar
School Magazine (Pujar Ful)
School Dairy (named as Blue Book)
Yearbook"Pujar Ful"
AffiliationsWest Bengal Board of Primary Education, West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education
AlumniNotable alumni
SecretaryJatu Lahiri[4] (upto 2019)
UniformNavy Blue      Pant with White Shirt      (Boys)
Reunion Committee websitehttps://sknireunion.com/

History
A white-stone statue of Ashutosh Mukherjee

The Santragachi and Ramrajatala areas in Howrah were previously undeveloped. There were only two high schools; "Santragachi Madhya Engreji School" and "Chakraberia Madhyamik School". Both were English medium and aided by the Government. A "toll" or "pathsala" was started in 1770 by the Bhattacharya (Bhattacharjee) family. In 1800, Gourikanta Bhattacharya expanded the toll which existed up to 1860. In 1857, zamindar Baboo Kedarnath Bhattacharya established a vernacular Bengali medium school with the help of Government aid. It was the first vernacular Bengali medium school to receive Government aid.[6] In 1864 this school was demolished by cyclone, and was removed to the house of Kedarnath Bhattacharya, where it stayed for two years. At a cost of ₹4000/- a new pucca building was constructed for the school.[8] In 1870, this school was amalgamated with Santragachi Madhya Engraji School and named the Santragachi Minor School.[9] An educationist and zamindar, Manmatanath Seth wanted to build a high school for the children of the locality, so he donated a grant of money. The Kar brothers (Mahendranath Kar, Upendranath Kar and Narendranath Kar) donated land, but Manmatanath Seth died before the High school could be constructed. The Kar brothers built the school using the donations for the students of Santragachi Minor School and in November 1925, this was named "Kedarnath Institution" in the name of Baboo Kedarnath Bhattacharya who had died in 1915.[7][9] The foundation year is now considered as 1925.

The foundation stone was laid by the vice chancellor and professor of Ashutosh College, Ashutosh Mukherjee on 17 July 1920. From 1925, the newly named institution started with 225 students in six classrooms. In 1926, the class for the ninth standard started with the temporary permission of Calcutta University, and in 1927, after the completion of tenth standard, the school's students were sent for board exams the first time. In 1933, the school received its permanent affiliation from the West Bengal Board.[10] In 1960, the school was recognised by the University Of Calcutta, to impact Elementary Scientific knowledge and Elementary Mechanics to the students.[11]

Infrastructure

The school's main building has three floors and contains about 30 classrooms. The main building has many blocks. The main block is Ram Charan Sett Block which is situated in the middle, having entrance to the main building. The block contains staffroom, teachers room, headmaster room and visitors room in two floors. The three-storied Guest Keen Williams Block is next to it containing 12 classrooms, followed by three-storied Rupen Kar Memorial Block is located, followed by the Guest Keen Williams Block (9 classrooms).

In the left side of the Ram Charan Sett Block the two-storied Upendranath Kar Block (contains Geography laboratory in first floor and Physics, Optics and Computer laboratories in second floor) and Sarbha Sikhya Bhaban is located. A smart room is under construction here. Beside these blocks, there are another three blocks in three floors: Ashutosh Mukherjee Block, Ramkrishna Das Block and Satish Chandra Block. These were the blocks that were used in previous days as classrooms. Now there are located the Chemistry and Biology laboratories. At the Satish Chandra Block, a main gate was situated in previous times that was once the entrance to the school, now it is fully deminished. The upper "Asutosh Mukherjee Block" is under the girls section.Another computer lab with 15 computers for lower classes (upto VIII standard) is located on the second floor of Ram Charan Sett block.

In front of the school there is a small playground or having a toilet and Bhagini Nivedita Muktomoncho. In the backside of the building, there is a big playground (over 2900 m2 or 31000 feet²) used for sports and other functional purposes.

Beside the field, there are the minor buildings. There are two buildings, one for boys section and one for girls section. Both buildings are three-storied. The whole building for boys is named Jubilee Building and the building for girls is named as Nivedita Block. The boys building has 6 classrooms, a library and a hall which is named Jubilee hall (has adequate sound system and a capacity of taking about 150 students). A auditorium is planned in the third floor of this block, that is under construction.

At the end of the ground, there is a two-storied short building that is used for primary section only in the morning.

Academics

Affiliations

The school is affiliated to West Bengal Board of Primary Education for preprimary-IV, West Bengal Board of Secondary Education for V-X and West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education for XI-XII.

Curriculum

Every year the school has about 1600 students from V–XII and 600 students from I–IV. Each class is divided into some sections (e.g. A, B, C). Each section contains 60 to 70 students. There are about 40 faculties. After class X the classes are divided into Arts, Commerce and Science. Bengali and English are compulsory subjects. The Arts (Humanities) has the most number of students (ie. 130 in 2019, ie. 120 in 2018). The offered subjects in humanities are Political Science, Philosophy, Geography, History, Computer Application, Environmental Studies. The Science department offers Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biological Science, Computer Science and Environmental Studies. The department has 30-40 students in 2018 and 2019. The department of Commerce offers Accountancy,Business studies, Cost and Tax, Commercial Law and preliminary auditing, Environmental Studies, Computer Application. The department has about 120 students in 2019 and 100 students in 2018.[12]

Extracurricular activities

The school's football team is one of the most reputed teams in the interschool football competitions in Howrah. It participates in M P Cup and Reliance Foundation Youth Sports National School Championships.[13][14] The school won the Bandhuta's Amit Bosu Smriti Amantran Football Competition in 2013 defeating Howrah Zilla School in final[15] and in 2018, defeating Shibpur Srimat Swami Projnananda Saraswati Vidyalaya in final and also in 2020. In 2018, the school also won "Barkuni Smiti Cup" held at Jagacha High School.

The annual school sports event takes place containing 100 metre race, 200 metre race, marathon, Shot put, long jump, Kicking the ball and other races such as the spoon race, sack race and fruit race. In the month of August–September the annual football tournament is held.[16]

Saraswati Puja is a special event at this school. The school received numerous awards for its famous Saraswati Puja (ie. The Telegraph Second Best Saraswati puja award in 2014, Palaspriya Samman Award in 2018 etc.).[17] Apart from this rallies, seminars, quiz competitions etc. also take place in various occasions (ie. Republic Day, Independence day, Rabindra jayanti etc). [18][19][20][21]

Committees
  • SKNI Scout Group
Apart from the curricular learning, selected students are trained with the Boys Scout programme. The Scout Group is controlled by The Bharat Scouts and Guides. During the 1930-1940 decades, the Santragachi Kedarnath Institution Scout Group was founded. The programme is continuing till now with the higher vision of the scout movement. There have been many prestigious moments in the history of the school made by the Scout Group. The group control and manage school programmes and take part in various contests, competitions and exhibitions formed in school as well as outside. Every year, scout camps take place in various places. Many students from this scout group have been chosen for the Rajyapuraskar and Principal Scout award, the highest awards for scouters. The trainings have been conducted by many scoutmasters like Bimal Kar (during 1947),[22] Kali Sankar Mukherjee etc.
  • Reunion Committee
In May 2018 the temporary alumni association of this school, Santragachi Kedarnath Institution Reunion Committee was established.[23]Many social, cultural and extra-curricular events are regularly organised by this reunion committee.[24]
  • Consumer Committee
The consumer committee spreads awareness among students about sincere and aware marketing. Founded in 2016, regular yearly seminars are organised by the group.
  • The school management Committee
The committee manages administrative works of the school.
  • Patrika Uposamity
The patrika uposamity manages and publishes the yearly magazine Pujar Ful.
  • National Cadet Corps (closed)
In 1980-1990 decades, the National Cadet Corps (NCC) trainings were started. It was controlled by 41 Bengal Battalion NCC, Howrah-03. But the programme has been replaced by scout activities.
  • Nationgal Green Corps (closed)
The team was formed in 2006, under a Governmental Campaign. Successfully running up to 2013, the activities have been stopped.[25][26]

Notable alumni

See also

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