Tyndale Biscoe School

Tyndale Biscoe School is a school in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.[1] The school was founded in 1880 CE and is one of the oldest schools in Jammu and Kashmir. The school was started by Christian missionaries and was named after Canon Cecil Tyndale-Biscoe (1863–1949).[2] It still has affiliations with the Church Mission Society. Parvez Samuel Koul is the principal.

Tyndale Biscoe School (TBS)
Tyndale Biscoe School Motto
Location
Sheikh Bagh, Lal Chowk, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir
Information
Former nameCristian Mission School Hadow Public School
TypeMissionary
Motto"In All Things Be Men"
Established1880 (1880)
FounderRev. J.H Knowles
Sister schoolThe Mallinson Girls School, Lalchowk
The Kashmir Valley School, Humhama
Tynadale Biscoe & Mallinson School, Tangmarg
Educational authorityTyndale Biscoe and Mallinson Society, Srinagar Diocese of Amritsar, Church of North India (CNI)
DirectorParvez Samuel Koul
PrincipalParvez Samuel Koul
GenderBoys only
Medium of languageEnglish
CampusUrban
Area84 kanals (including the Mallinson School)
HousesKolahoi (red), Harmukh (yellow), Tatakuti (blue), Mahadev (green)
SportsFootball, cricket, hockey, Water polo, Swimming, Volleyball etc.
AffiliationJammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education
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School organisation

Houses
Satlal Block - Main Block

The school is divided into four houses, named after mountain peaks in the Kashmir Valley.

  • Kolahoi - red
  • Harmukh - yellow
  • Tatakuti - blue
  • Mahadev - green

Competitions between these houses are held. Points for different activities are thus allotted to the houses. The house scoring the most points at the end of the session is awarded the "Champion House Trophy".

Departments

The school has five departments. The activities of the departments are looked over by well experienced Head Of Departments.

Department Classes
Lower Primary Department. Nursery to II
Junior Department III to V
Middle Department VI to VIII
Senior Department IX and X
Higher Secondary (Science Stream only) XI and XII

Activities

Tyndale Biscoe School is known for its extra-curricular activities, especially swimming, skiing, mountain climbing, camping and regatta.[3] School placed emphasis on physical activities including mountaineering, tug-of-war, trekking, boxing, boating, football, cricket, and swimming stimulating sense of courage, masculinity and physical fitness.[4]

When football was introduced in the Valley by Missionary School, there was resistance initially. Students felt the cow leather was holy and touching the ball, made out of it, was blasphemous. Instead they played football with  a wooden clog (known as Khraav in Kashmiri) in their feet. Similarly, when boating was introduced in Mission School students did not like boating because, in Kashmiri society, boatmen weren't consider respectable members of the society. But later it was adopted and the Mission School boys became efficient paddlers and rowers.[5]

Regatta organised by Tyndale Biscoe School in May 1948
Inida's first Prime Minister visited Regatta held by Tyndale Biscoe School in May 1948 during his Kashmir Visit

History

Rev. J.H. Knowles, in 1880, laid the foundation of the C.M.S. (Church Mission Society) School on the hospital premises (Modern Chest Disease Hospital, Drugjan) in Srinagar. The school was started with 5 pupils. In 1883, the number of boys in the school increased to 30.[6]

It was in 1890 that the Government permitted the C.M.S. to shift the school to downtown, and it was moved from the hospital premises (Drugjan) to a large house and compound on the river bank in the middle of the city at FatehKadal. As a result of this, the number of students increased to about 200 in 1890. Canon C.E. Tyndale-Biscoe joined the school in 1891, there were 250 pupils on the school roll. The primary school grew into a middle school and eventually into a high school. The high school was designated the Hadow Memorial School after the name of its honorary treasurer for 40 years. Eventually, five other mission schools were set up, one each in different parts of the capital city and one in Anantnag.[6]

Notable alumni

Financial controversy

Rajan Sandhu, former Estates Supervisor of Tyndale-Biscoe and Mallinson society, along with member of Saints Paul Church, Isaac Samuel, approached the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Srinagar to claim that chairman of joint management committee, Bishop of diocese of Amritsar, Pradeep Kumar Samantaroy, Principal and Director, Tyndale Biscoe and Mallinson School, Parvez Samuel Koul, Headmistress of Mallinson School and The Kashmir Valley school, Joyce Kaul, Administrator Tyndale Biscoe and Mallinson school, Rahul rex Kaul, Chief Accounts officer of Tyndale Biscoe and Mallinson School, and Accounts and estates officer, Vijendara Dhanvantri were in league with each other in resorting to illegal and corrupt practices which was bringing harm to the school and that they “withdrew unaudited crores of rupees by way of labeling the sums as basic salary, cost of living, honorarium, travel allowance, medical expenses overtime etc”. Further, they claimed that the assets of the society have been converted into personal assets.“The illegal conversion of society assets into personal assets needs a thorough investigation. As in case of Tyndale Biscoe and Mallinson school Tangmarg, spread across an area of 19 Kanals of land, 12 kanals have been purchased in the name of Parvez Koul and seven Kanals in the name of Joyce Kaul, using the money of the society as reflected in the book accounts,” the litigation states.[10][11]

References
  1. "Schools in Srinagar | Ekikrat.in". ekikrat.in.
  2. "Biscoe [post Tyndale-Biscoe], Cecil Earle (BSCW882CE)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. https://www.tribuneindia.com/mobi/news/jammu-kashmir/tyndale-biscoe-school-holds-annual-dal-cross/455510.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://www.kashmir-issue.com/biscoe.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. http://autarmota.blogspot.com/2016/05/an-old-photograph-of-mission-school.html?m=1. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. "Tyndale-Biscoe and Mallinson Schools Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir". tbmes.org.
  7. "Being Masrat Alam - includes Nazir Leharwal's Famous Quote 'Are you Ishfaq ?'".
  8. Fazili, Ehsan (9 May 2010). "The Doctor and a Civil Servant". The Tribune. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  9. "Yasin Malik remembers Nadeem Khateeb on his anniversary". GreaterKashmir. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  10. https://www.news18.com/news/india/kashmirs-oldest-missionary-school-faces-charges-of-corruption-and-embezzlement-2081339.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. https://thekashmirpress.com/2019/03/28/probe-ordered-against-tyndale-biscoe-mallinson-school-principals-other-officials-on-bungling-charges/. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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