South Point School (Redirected from South Point School (India))

South Point School and South Point High School, Kolkata
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South Point High School entrance
Address
Map
Birla Building, 9/1 R. N. Mukherjee Road (Education Society)
16 Mandeville Gardens (Junior School)
82/7A Ballygunge Place (High School)


India
Coordinates22°31′33″N 88°22′36″E / 22.52583°N 88.37667°E / 22.52583; 88.37667
Information
TypePrivate school
MottoCourage to Know
Established1954 (1954)
FounderSatikanta Guha
PrincipalD.K. Chadda (Junior school)
PrincipalRupa Sanyal Bhattacharjee (High school)
Faculty20 (Junior school)
75 (High school)
Teaching staff70 (Junior school)
40 (High school)
GradesNursery I to V (Junior school)
VI to XII (High school)
Number of students~ 12000
Colour(s)Navy blue, gold and white
PublicationNursery books, Mathematics books, song books and CDs(Junior school),
Pointer (School magazine)
AffiliationCentral Board of Secondary Education
Websitewww.southpoint.edu.in

South Point is a higher-secondary co-educational private school located in Kolkata, West Bengal and affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education, consisting of three organisations – South Point School (Nursery to Class V), South Point High School (Classes VI to XII) and South Point Education Society (administrative authority). The school operates in two shifts for all classes – Morning and Afternoon. The school opened in 1954, and was the first co-educational school in Kolkata. Higher Secondary (10+2) education was introduced in 1960. Initially operation as a single unit, the school split into two buildings with the high school shifting to Ballygunge Place in 1980. It is claimed to be the only school in Kolkata to have a Nobel Laureate as an alumnus.

History

South Point School is an English-medium and co-educational school which was founded on 1 April 1954 at 16 Mandeville Gardens, Kolkata.

Safety standards and certification

The South Point Education Society received the OHSAS 18001:2007 Occupational Health and Safety Management Certification from the British Standards Institution (BSI) in respect of South Point School, Mandeville Gardens, and South Point High School, Ballygunge Place on 2 August 2017. The OHSAS certification has been upgraded to ISO 45001:2018 standard.

The school has an integrated fire-fighting system, CCTV surveillance throughout the two campuses (barring Staff Rooms and toilets), GPS tracking facility on South Point School buses and other Occupational Health and Safety measures which are vital in maintaining the ageing school-buildings.

The Priyamvada Birla Campus

In order to address space constraints and enhance infrastructure, South Point School and South Point High School will move to a new and much larger campus named the Priyamvada Birla Campus of South Point named after Late Smt. Priyamvada Birla, philanthropist and wife of M.P. Birla Group founder Late Shri Madhav Prasad Birla. The campus is currently under construction.

Emblem and objective

The School Emblem, showing a bird (dove or paloma) in flight, symbolizes "man's everlasting quest for knowledge and the desire to soar above the mundane." The motto of the School is 'Courage to Know'.

Notable alumni


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