Shishu Niketan - An Integrated School

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Shishu Niketan - An Integrated School
Nursery, Kindergarten, Primary, High & Higher Secondary (Arts, Science & Vocational Courses)
ESTD : 1974
(Co Education)
Medium of Instruction : Bengali & English
English Medium : Nursery to Class X under Syllabus of West Bengal Board of Secondary Education

Accreditation
Registration No. : S/37776 ; 1982 - 1983
Recognised by :
West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (Index No. : HI-250)
West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (Index No. : 104295)
West Bengal State Council of Technical & Vocational Education & Skill Development (Code No. : 4001)

Brief History
Shishu Niketan was established in a rented room at Mayurmahal, Burdwan with only 4 students on 2nd Feb. 1974, as Pre-Primary school. At that time there was no Pre-Primary school in Bengali Medium at Burdwan Town. Within a short period the school earned goodwill from the guardians of the town and gradually upgraded upto Class IV class. Preliminary success encouraged the teachers and Managing Committee to go ahead with an ambitious aspiration to make the school an ideal educational institution of the town from Nursery to Higher Secondary standard under one umbrella for perfect fulfillment of Pre-Primary, Primary, Secondary and Higher Secondary education for boys and girls. The first and foremost objective of the Managing Committee was to build up the institution an ideal healthy place for academic, cultural, social and physical development of its students. A group of dedicated teachers came forward with missionary zeal to translate the idea of the Managing Committee. With these sole aims and objectives Shishu Niketan Trust was formed and registered at the Sub-Registry Office of Burdwan on 16th Sept. 1979. That Trust deed concluded with following sentences "If the object and purpose for which the trust has been created hereby fail and cannot be fulfilled the assets of this trust and fund if any shall be transferred and make over to the Education Department of State Government and in default any member shall be at liberty to comply the same through court of Laws". It had been subsequently registered under Society Act 1961 in 1982.
            (ii) Rapid popularity of the school and help and encouragement from guardians, more than two bighas of land at Bhatchala Burdwan was purchased for the school.
            (iii) Foundation stone of the school building was laid by the veteran educationist and Freedom Fighter Late Fakir Chandra Roy in the year 1983.
            (iv) In the year 1984, the school was shifted to Bhatchala in its own building. The new school building was inaugurated by Prof. Ramaranjan Mukherjee, the then Vice- Chancellor of Burdwan University.
            (v) Since its inception with concerted effort of Managing Committee, teachers and guardians the school has made its place along with the grade one schools of Burdwan town. Throughout the last four decades the school has produced a galaxy of ex-students who have attained good academic success and are now placed in different high positions of various walks of life.

            English Medium Section : In 2008, English Medium Section has been started from Nursery to Class IV. A seperate building has been constructed for English Medium Section. Application for bilingual permission from West Bengal Board of Secondary Education was done in 2018 and awaiting the permission. Now English Medium is running from Class Nursery to Class VIII std. Course curriculum as per Baord of Secondary Education, West Bengal. In the year 2012, a separate building has been constructed for English Medium Section.
            (vi) The school was granted First Recognition as 4-class Junior High School with Co.Education without financial assistance w.e.f. 01.05.98. vide its letter no. - S/Recg./99/05 dated 28.01.99. with special constitution. Subsequently it was upgraded to X-class High School w.e.f. 01.05.2000 without any financial assistance from West Bengal Board of Secondary Education vide its letter no. S/Recg./2000/15 dated 27.03.2000.
            (vii) The school was granted first recognition by West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education for Class XI - XII in Science and Arts subjects including Music as one subject in the year 2004.
            (viii) The school was granted recognition by West Bengal State Council of Vocational Education & Training, Govt. of West Bengal, vide its letter no : WBSCVE&T/AFFILIATION/05/132. dt. 28.07.2005 for running VIII pass short courses and X+2 level vocational courses.
            (ix) At present 40 teaching & non-teaching Staff are employed. They are getting Provident Fund & Family Pension Facility as per Provident Fund Deptt. and gratuity facility from L.I.C. gratuity scheme.

1st Board of Trustees

1st Board of Trustees :
            1.         Sunil Kumar Sain, President
            2.         Dhirendranath Sur, Founder Secretary,
            3.         Kalpana Sur, Founder Rector
            4.         Kazi Ehsan Ali, Member
            5.         Sm. Ruby Banerjee, Member
            6.         Kalisankar Mukherjee, Member
            7.         Gour Chandra Dhar, Member
            8.         Late Dr. Madhanmohan Kundu Member
            9.         Late Ramen Chandra Saha, Treasurer

Present Board of Trustees :

Dhirendranath Sur, President
Dr. Deb Kumar Panja, Secretary
Dr. Ranjit Banerjee, Vice President
Dr.Sujit Chowdhury, Member
Sukumar Dan, Member
Manoj Sadhu, Member
Sm. Bipasa Chattapadhyay, Member
Tanmoy Chowdhury, Member
Biswanath Ghar, Member

Location
Location : School stands at Bhatchhala in the middle of Burdwan town, headquarter of
Burdwan District. It is 5 km. from Burdwan Rly. Station.

Transport : Town bus & route buses are available frequenty. Nearest bus stoppage - Sankari
Pukur Post Office on Burdwan - Arambag route. Cycle rickshaw also available from station.

Burdwan Town 100 km West of Kolkata connected by Eastern Rail & Durgapur expressway. Burdwan University, Burdwan Medical College, Three Degree Colleges, one Polytechnic, 50 High & Higher Secondary schools are situated in this town. Burdwan is a historical town and growing fast space.

Land & Building
School posses 42 cottahs of land and two 3 storied buildings with 30 class rooms, laboratory, Audio Visual room, Computer Lab, one equipped library & reading room for students and a playground. One newly constructed building with 4 class rooms for English Medium Section.

Present Status of School
            Running Nursery to Class XII. School was granted 4-class Junior High with Co-education w.e.f 01.05.98 vide its letter no - S/Recg./99/05 dt. 28.01.99 with special constitution.
            It was upgraded to X-class High school w.e.f. 01.05.2000 vide its letter no. S/Recg./2000/15 dt. 27.03.2000.
            The school was granted recognition for XI - XII in Arts & Science w.e.f. from 2004 vide its letter DS(A)SD/53/Recog./04 dt. 01.07.2004.
            It is granted recognition for VIII pass short course vocational course and XI - XII Vocational courses from 2005 vide its letter no. WBSCVE&T/AFFILIATION/05/132. dt. 28.07.2005.

New Venture : English Medium Section started from 2008 from Nurrsery to Class IV.
Bengalis and Hindi are being taught as second language. From 2014 academic session Class V will be opened in English Medium.

Subjects taught in Higher Secondary Level :
Secondary section is going to be started under syllabus of West Bengal Board of Secondary Education.
Eng, Beng, Sanskrit, Philosophy, Political Science, Economics, History, Geography, Sociology, Nutrition, Music, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Computer Science & Computer Application.

Vocational X+2 level :

Civil Construction & Maintenance Technology
Nutrition & Dietitian
Computer Application

6 Months Short Term Vocational Course for VIII+ :

Tailoring
Amin Survey
Creche Management

Modular Skill Development Training : The school has been approved as VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROVIDER (VTP) by Ministry of Labour and Employment, Govt. of India for Training youth in different Vocational Training under Modular Skill Development Scheme. Training in the following courses were conducted succesfully till 2013. :

Computer Fundamentals
House Wiring
Soft Skill

Faculty :
Faculty members in each subject with good academic qualification.

Shishu Niketan Kala Kendra :
Established in 2004 for regular cultural activities like Music, Dance, Drama etc.

Fund
It is run by fund collected from fees of students and public donation.

Scholarship & free studentship :
Scholarship & free studentship are given to weaker economic & meritorious students. Benevolent patrons bear the cost of this scholarship & free studentship.

Sponsorship :
School seeks sponsorship from benevolent child lovers to adopt one child by paying Rs. 4000/- per year as cost of scholarship of the child.

Call to Alumni of this school :
The school appeals to all of its ex-students who have well placed in life to donate generously for up liftmen of their Alma-mater.

Facilities of school

Teaching Staff
A school is only as good as its teachers. The school has highly qualified, experienced and dedicated teachers, capable of providing thorough training and dynamic guidance to its students in the fields of education and life.

School Building
The school has come up with impressive building at Bhatchala with proper facilities of water, power and playground.

Nursery & K.G. Wing
To make school a joyus experience for tinytots the Nursery & K.G. classes are equipped with colourful toys, charts, modelsets. Teaching is imparted in a playway manner.

Sports
Keeping in mind the good old saying 'sound mind in a sound body', this school has adequate set up for indoor games and ground for outdoor games to help the child develop a sense of sportsmanship and a moral responsibility towards his fellow-team-mates.

Bharat Scout & Guide
For development of young people in achieving their full Physical, intellectual, social & spiritual potentials as the school has Boys Scout & Girls guide groups officiated of Bharat Scouts & Guides.

Inter Brigade Competitions & Co-operation
To help in the overall development of the personality of the child, Inter Brigade competitions are organized at regular intervals in the fields ranging from public speaking, painting, music & drama, quizes etc. These help the child nurture his talent bud into blooming flower of expression.

Library
The school has well equipped library which not only complements but also develops good reading habits.

Computer Lab
To keep abreast with the dynamic world today and to expose computer as a career, the school has a fully equipped computer lab, which helps the students in becoming computer friendly.

Transport
Transport facility is available to students from school.

Medical Care
A regular health checkup is monitored by the medical team of the school. Home.

Excursions
To enable the child to enjoy in the lap of nature and interact with its surroundings, picnics & trips are organized.

Yoga Centre
School has arranged Karate training for students.

Karate
For physical and mental health school maintains a Yoga Centre for the students.

Spoken English
School runs a Spoken English centre for the student of Nursery to Class X.

Eligibility of Admission

Curriculum
The curriculum for Nursery, K.G. is based on the latest innovative teaching with different teaching & learning materials. From Class I to IV as per W.B. Primary Council.
From Class V to X : Bengali & English Medium as per syllabus of West Bengal Board of Secondary Education.
XI – XII : Bengali & English medium under West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education.

From Class Nursery to IV
Medium of instruction Bengali / English
English, Bengali, Hindi, Spoken English & Computer are taught as compulsory subjects.
All other subjects as per curriculum of Primary Council of West Bengal.

Co-curricular Activities
Mental and physical development of body are the two sides of the same coin. School does not lag behind its students, who are trained by capable physical instructors. For the intellectual, cultural and social development of children, school offers a host of co-curricular activities. These are held on every Friday.

All the students are encouraged to participate to recitation, paper reading, quiz, dances, music, essay writing etc.

Examinations & Promotion Rules
For promotions to the next class a student has to obtain a minimum of 40% marks in each subject. For the purpose of cumulative performance of the student in the Four Unit Tests & three term examinations is seen.
Progress reports will be given to the parents at the end of every terminal examination. These must be signed by the parent and returned to the class teacher within one week.
No exemptions will be granted for any of the examinations except on medical grounds.
Minimum attendance for eligibility to appear in any of the examinations is 75%. Examination Committee holds the right to disallow a candidate from appearing in the examination if he/she runs short of requisite attendance.

Parental Co-operation
1. Parents are welcome to contact personally to the Rector, the Headmistress and teachers during the
   fixed meeting hours/days to ascertain the progress of their children.
2. Private tuitions are strongly discouraged. Tuitions hinder the progress and hit the self-
   confidence of a child. This is why the tuitions are discouraged. If, in case, a child needs
   individual attention in studies, the Headmistress should be consulted engaging a tutor.
3. Parents are requested :
                a) To ensure that fee is paid in time.
                b) To provide their children with proper text books and note books etc.
                c) To ensure themselves that their children diligently attend to the home work, class tests,
                   unit tests, assignments etc.
4. The Headmistress shall entertain and accommodate, from the guardians, all suggestions
   pertaining to the betterment of the institution.

School Timing for English Medium :
                Nursery, K.G,
                Class I, II, III, IV & V         –              7 a.m. to 11 a.m.

For School Office                   –              6-30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Visiting Hours
                Headmistress                        –              9 a.m. to 10 a.m.

School Timing for Bengali Medium :
Nursery, K.G,
Class I, II, III & IV – 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.

For School Office – 6-30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Visiting Hours
Headmistress – 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.

For Bengali Medium

School Timing : Class V – Class XII – 11.15 a.m. to 4-15 p.m.

Visiting Hours
Headmistress – 3 p.m.

For Class Nursery to Class VIII
School Dress
Summer                                                                                Summer
Boys                                                                                       Girls
Shirt off white (half sleeves)                                              Shirt off white ((half sleeves)
Short (Navy Blue)                                                               Tunic (Navy Blue)
Socks - White                                                                       Socks - white
Shoes - Black                                                                       Shoes - Black
                                                                                                Black Ribbon

Winter                                                                                   Winter
Shirts off white (Full sleeve)                                              Shirts off white (Full sleeve)
Trouser (Navy Blue)                                                           Tunic (Navy Blue)
Sweater - Navy blue                                                            Socks - white
Cap - Navy blue                                                                  Shoes - Black
Blazer - Navy blue                                                              Cap - Navy blue
Shoes - Black                                                                       Sweater - Navy blue
                                                                                                Blazer - Navy blue

For Class IX to XIII
School Dress
Summer                                                                                Summer
Boys                                                                                       Girls
Shirt off white (half sleeves)                                              Kamiz off white ((half sleeves)
Trouser                                                                                  Salower
Socks - White                                                                       Socks - white
Shoes - Black                                                                       Shoes - Black
                                                                                                Black Ribbon
Winter                                                                                   Winter
Shirts off white (Full sleeve)                                              Kamiz off white (Full sleeve)
Trouser (Navy Blue)                                                           Salower (Navy Blue)
Sweater - Navy blue                                                            Socks - white
Cap - Navy blue                                                                  Shoes - Black
Blazer - Navy blue                                                              Cap - Navy blue
Shoes - Black                                                                       Sweater - Navy blue
                                                                                                Blazer - Navy blue

Photo Gallery

Foundation Day

School Function

A section of the school

Students & Teachers

A Section of Students

School Function

A Section of Students