| St Thomas' School | |
|---|---|
.jpg.webp) Crest of the St Thomas School, Kolkata | |
| Address | |
4 Diamond Harbour Road, Kidderpore , , 700 023 India | |
| Coordinates | 22°32′20″N 88°19′37″E / 22.5388038°N 88.3268685°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Primary, secondary and higher secondary |
| Motto | Latin: Nisi Dominus Frustra (Except the Lord, effort in Vain) |
| Established | 1789 |
| School board | Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations |
| Principal | Boys-Mr. Suman Biswas Girls-Mrs. R.S.Elias[1] |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
St Thomas' School is a co-educational kindergarten to higher secondary school in Kidderpore, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.[2] It was established in 1789, making it one of the oldest schools in India and has the largest campus in Kolkata.[3]
This school has nurtured several alumni that got widespread fame accros the world, notably, Ravish Malhotra, the Indian Air Force pilot, who was a backup cosmonaut to Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian astronaut in space, launched onboard Soyuz T-11 to Salyut 7 space station in the Interkosmos program.[4]
It has three football size fields, two basketball courts and children's playgrounds. The campus also houses the St. Thomas' College of Engineering and Technology and has a church known as St. Stephen's Church. There are two schools and an engineering college and a non-formal technical training centre. St. Thomas' boys' and girls' schools are the two schools here.
The school is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (ISC), which conducts the ICSE (Grade 10) and ISC (Grade 12) examinations over the country.
Khidirpur metro station lies near the school, which is planned to be built and completed by mid 2020s.
References
- ↑ "Faculty". St. Thomas' Boys' School. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ↑ "ST. THOMAS' BOYS' SCHOOL, KIDDERPORE - Home". wbacs.in. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ↑ Tiwari, Anuradha (23 December 2017). "These Are The 10 Oldest Schools In India". edustoke. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ↑ Abraham, Rohan (23 July 2019). "'Rakesh Sharma or Ravish Malhotra? Only one of us would go up into space'". The Economic Times. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
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