History of the school
The school was established in 1898 as a Middle English School and upgraded to a High English School in 1918 with six students in standard VIII. Officially 1918 is considered as the year of establishment of Siliguri Boys’ High School though it started its function 20 years earlier.
After independence the school was converted to a Multipurpose High School in 1957, i.e. all the three streams, Science, Commerce and Humanities could be studied here. This was the first multipurpose school of the region. Later the medium of instruction was shifted to Bengali from English.
The first secretary of the school was Rai Saheb Surendranath Bhattacharya. He was the secretary of the M.E School from 1904 to 1917 and due to his endeavor the school was upgraded to a High School in 1918 and was there as the secretary till August 1936 and then as the Vice-President till 1940. Surendranath Bhattacharya came to Siliguri from Burdwan in 1903, he was the son-in-law of Kaliprasanna Bhattacharya.
The office of the secretary were followed by Kali Kinkar Singha, Birendranath Sarkar , Swadesh Ranjan Sarkar, etc. The present secretary is Sri Madhusudan Chakraborty. The school is affiliated to the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education - popularly known as West Bengal State Education Boards. The school has a dress code of a white shirt and blue pants. The dress code is said to symbolise the Indian flag's middle position.
After independence the school was converted to a Multipurpose High School in 1957, i.e. all the three streams, Science, Commerce and Humanities could be studied here. This was the first multipurpose school of the region. Later the medium of instruction was shifted to Bengali from English.
The first secretary of the school was Rai Saheb Surendranath Bhattacharya. He was the secretary of the M.E School from 1904 to 1917 and due to his endeavor the school was upgraded to a High School in 1918 and was there as the secretary till August 1936 and then as the Vice-President till 1940. Surendranath Bhattacharya came to Siliguri from Burdwan in 1903, he was the son-in-law of Kaliprasanna Bhattacharya.
The office of the secretary were followed by Kali Kinkar Singha, Birendranath Sarkar , Swadesh Ranjan Sarkar, etc. The present secretary is Sri Madhusudan Chakraborty. The school is affiliated to the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education - popularly known as West Bengal State Education Boards. The school has a dress code of a white shirt and blue pants. The dress code is said to symbolise the Indian flag's middle position.
School Building
The M.E school was housed in a big hut made of thatched paddy roof, wooden floor, plinth on logs and bamboo doors. It stood where the present Tathya Kendra stands. In 1922 the school was burnt to ashes.
A 2.29 acres (9,300 m2) of land was demarcated in the Railway Survey Map of 1877 near the Terminal Rail Station (now Siliguri Town Station) where the school stands today. In the initial years the classes were held in two buildings. One with 18 ft (5.5 m) x 80 ft with a 6 ft (1.8 m) veranda and the other was 56 ft (17 m) x 17 ft (5.2 m) with a 5 ft (1.5 m) verandah. The floors and plinth were made of concrete, with wooden walls and corrugated roofs. Later a 18 ft (5.5 m) x 15 ft concrete office and library were made followed by a bigger headmaster’s sitting room and lumber.
Behind this building there were two more rooms used as a hostel for the Hindu and Muslim students. Before this hostel was made the Hindu hostel was approximately 1 km far off on the Hill Cart Road, where the present Layak Bhawan stands.
Now the school has a double storied building with a hall, staff rooms, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Geography laboratories.
A 2.29 acres (9,300 m2) of land was demarcated in the Railway Survey Map of 1877 near the Terminal Rail Station (now Siliguri Town Station) where the school stands today. In the initial years the classes were held in two buildings. One with 18 ft (5.5 m) x 80 ft with a 6 ft (1.8 m) veranda and the other was 56 ft (17 m) x 17 ft (5.2 m) with a 5 ft (1.5 m) verandah. The floors and plinth were made of concrete, with wooden walls and corrugated roofs. Later a 18 ft (5.5 m) x 15 ft concrete office and library were made followed by a bigger headmaster’s sitting room and lumber.
Behind this building there were two more rooms used as a hostel for the Hindu and Muslim students. Before this hostel was made the Hindu hostel was approximately 1 km far off on the Hill Cart Road, where the present Layak Bhawan stands.
Now the school has a double storied building with a hall, staff rooms, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Geography laboratories.
Affiliation
The school was upgraded to High English School in 1918 and the first batch for std X final exams appeared in 1921. The school was affiliated with the Calcutta University in 1920. Six boys appeared and all of them passed. The next year 8 boys appeared and 7 passed. In 1923 6 boys appeared and all passed, 5 were passed in 1st div and 1 of them in 3rd div. The 1st scholarship was received by Durgadas Mukhopadhay.
Now the school is affiliated to West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and West Bengal Higher Secondary Council.
Now the school is affiliated to West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and West Bengal Higher Secondary Council.
Head Master's Office (1918 - 2015)
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