Sailendra Sircar Vidyalaya

Sailendra Sircar Vidyalaya[1][2] is affiliated to the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) and is one of the oldest Bengali medium schools in Kolkata, India. It is located at 62A, Shyampukur Street in north Kolkata. It is a government sponsored higher secondary School.

Sailendra Sircar Vidyalaya
Main school building
Address
62A, Shyampukur St, Shyambazar, Sovabazar, Hati Bagan,

Kolkata
,
West Bengal
,
700004

India
Coordinates22.5978164°N 88.3680346°E / 22.5978164; 88.3680346
Information
Former nameSaraswati Institution
TypeHigher Secondary School
Motto"Work is Worship"
Religious affiliation(s)Secular
Established5 January 1920 (1920-01-05)
FounderBabu Sailendra Sircar
School boardWest Bengal Board of Secondary Education
School districtKolkata
GenderMale
LanguageBengali
Campus typeUrban
Websitehttps://www.ssvkolkata.in/index.php

About the school

The school was founded on 5 January 1920 and its original name was Saraswati Institution. The school was renamed as Sailendra Sircar Vidyalaya to pay homage to the founder headmaster of the school Sailendranath Sircar in 1948. Sailendranath Sircar was the youngest son of Sri Peary Churn Sircar, a distinguished educationalist, philanthropist and the pioneer of Temperance Reform in undivided Bengal and the author of the English primer- The first Book of Reading.

The current main building of the school was built in 1934. Another building on the back side of the main building houses the primary section.

The institution celebrated their 100 years of establishment in 2020.

Notable alumni

See also

References
  1. Dewan Parkash, Ram,Directory of Educational Institutions, Volume 15, Publisher R. P. Bookwala, Original from the University of California, Digitized 28 Jul 2009, p.347
  2. Indian National Commission for Co-operation with UNESCO.,Report of teachers' workshops on education for international understanding, Publisher Indian National Commission for Unesco, 1964, p.97
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