Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School |
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Clockwise from top left: Main entrance of school; main academic building of secondary section; statue of Sister Nivedita; statue of Swami Vivekananda
Atmano mokshartham jagat hitaya cha
For one’s own salvation and for the welfare of the world
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37, Gopal Lal Tagore Road, Baranagar Kolkata, West Bengal, 700036, India |
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Coordinates | 22°38′04.20″N 88°22′13.57″E / 22.6345000°N 88.3704361°E (Map) |
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Type | Private (Higher secondary) |
Religious affiliation(s) | Hinduism |
Established | 20 April 1912 |
Founder | Yogindranath Tagore |
Status | Active |
Sister school | Ramakrishna Mission Centenary Primary School, Baranagore (estd. 1897) |
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School district | North 24 Parganas |
Authority | Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Baranagore |
Session | January–December (V – X) June–May (XI – XII) |
Grades | V–XII |
Gender | Male |
Enrolment | 1100 |
Medium of language | Bengali, English |
Language | Bengali, English |
Schedule type | Day |
Schedule | Monday - Friday: 10:40 am – 3:50pm (V – VI) 10:40 am - 4:30pm (VII – X) |
Hours in school day | Monday - Friday: 5-6 hrs Saturday: 3-4 hrs |
Campus size | 3 acres (121,359 m²) |
Campus type | Urban |
Houses | Sarada Bhawan Nivedita Bhawan |
Colour(s) | White and Grey (V - X) Blue and Grey (XI - XII) |
Song | Om Sahana Bhabatu Jana Gana Mana |
Sports | Cricket, Football |
Nickname | BRKMAHS |
Yearbook | Rashmi |
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Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School (BRKMAHS, informly Baranagar Ramakrishna Mission or Baranagar RKM, ) is a boys-only higher secondary private school in Baranagar, West Bengal, India. The school was founded by Yogindranath Tagore, a student of Swami Brahmananda in 1912.
The school houses roughly 1100 pupils aged 10 to 16 for secondary section classes V–X. BRKMAHS pupils take the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) in tenth grade and are thereafter offered West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) for the final two years. The school began offering the twelfth grade higher secondary curriculum in 2018, before which all pupils had to sit the secondary examination for tenth grade.