South Point School

For other schools using this name, see South Point High School.

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

Kolkata, West Bengal

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)
Faculty120 (Junior school)
75 (High school)[2]
Teaching staff70 (Junior school)
40 (High school)[2]
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[3](Junior school),
Pointer (School magazine)
AffiliationCentral Board of Secondary Education
Websitewww.southpoint.ac.in www.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).[4][5] 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.

The school entered the Guiness Book of World Records, as the largest educational institute of the world in 1984 till 1992 in terms of student numbers.[6] Regarded by many national school surveys as one of the best schools in India, the school has educated noted academics, politicians, artists, filmmakers, and entertainers.[7][8] The school has among its alumni, a Nobel Laureate, several Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology laureates, and winners of National Film Awards.[9][10][11]

  1. ^ "Contact Us". South Point School. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Faculty". South Point School. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Nursery Books" (PDF). South Point School. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  4. ^ "Kolkata Schools". Coaching Indians. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
  5. ^ Dey, Anurag. "In twilight years, gift of love to teachers". The Tribune. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Guiness World Records". Get Bengal. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  7. ^ "School". The Times of India. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  8. ^ "School Performance". The Times of India. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  9. ^ Banerjee, Sudeshna (15 October 2019). "Abhijit was a quiet boy from class of 1976 at South Point". The Telegraph (Kolkata). Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  10. ^ "Alumni2". The Times of India.
  11. ^ "SOUTH POINT SCHOOL-Guinness Book". 14 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.