Secondary Board High School

Secondary Board High School
File:Secondary Board High School.JPG Secondary Board High School
Location
Cuttack, Odisha India
Coordinates
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	3 August 1959  (1959-08-03)
Principal	Jyotsna Sarangi
Grades	Classes 6 – 10
Number of students	1,100+
Medium of language	Oriya
Campus type	Urban
Affiliation	Board of Secondary Education, Odisha

The Secondary Board High School is an Indian public high school in Cuttack, Odisha. It is situated at the Bajrakabati Road of Cuttack on the same campus as the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha (BSE).

Established in 1959 by the BSE, the school was created as a model high school for imparting education in the Odisha state board system. The school has classes only from Std VI to X.

On 3 August 2009, this school celebrated its golden jubilee.

History

In 1952–53, the Mudaliar Commission's report on Reform in the System of Secondary Education in India suggested a vast set of reforms for the education system. At that time, the educationists-cum-policy makers for Odisha, e.g., Professor B. C. Das, DPI; Shree H. Mishra, DDPI; Dr. S. Sahu, and senior officials of the BSE conceived an idea to establish three model schools at Cuttack, Sambalpur and Berhampur, respectively.

Under this initiative, construction of a school, named Secondary Board High School, began at Cuttack in 1958. The school opened on 3 August 1959 with 148 students (including 31 girls), under the guidance of Shree Chakradhar Mohanty, deputed by the BSE as special officer, and nine teachers.

It was initially planned to have only three classes, i.e., VI, VII and VIII, and accordingly, admission process began on 9 June 1959 starting with Class-VI. On demand by local guardians, classes IX and X were introduced later. The first batch passed the HSC Examination in 1962 with three years of study in the school, the fully trained first batch passed out in 1965 with all six years of study in the school.

Gradually the strength of students grew up to 1,100 by 1984.

Campus and buildings

File:Secondary Board High School main entrance.JPG

Main entrance of the school

The school shares the same campus as the BCE and the two buildings stand facing each other. Although the campus has a gate at the entrance on Bajrakabati Road, there is no clear demarcation or boundary walls for the entire campus.

House system

The school has classes from VI to X with three sections in classes VI and VII and four sections in classes VIII, IX, X. Each of the sections or houses is named after one of the states of India. On 3 August each year, when the school celebrates its annual day, each of the houses makes a display of the rich culture of the it associated state. This display is evaluated each year and the best house is selected.

See also

• Education in Odisha
• List of schools in Odisha