Sibpur S.S.P.S. Vidyalaya

Coordinates: 22°33′32″N 88°18′36″E / 22.559°N 88.310°E / 22.559; 88.310

Sibpur S.S.P.S. Vidyalaya
Official logo of Sibpur S.S.P.S. Vidyalaya শ্রদ্ধাবান্ লভতে জ্ঞানম
Location
78/8 College Road Howrah, 711103
Information
Type	Higher Secondary school
Established	1 April 1950
Founder	Shri Yogesh Chandra
School code	F1-134, 6078
Headteacher	Rajib Bandopadhyay
Faculty	42
Teaching staff	35
Grades	V to XII
Number of students	1,300
Medium of language	Bengali
Houses	Red, Blue, Green, Yellow
Color(s)	White      Black      Navy blue
Affiliation	WBBSE & WBCHSE
Information	+913326684712
Website	sibpurssps.webs.com

Sibpur S.S.P.S. Vidyalaya is one of the oldest boys' school in Howrah, India. Sibpur S.S.P.S. Vidyalaya, the acronym of Sibpur Srimat Swami Projnanananda Saraswati Vidyalaya (Bengali: শিবপুর শ্রীমৎ স্বামী প্রজ্ঞানানন্দ সরস্বতী বিদ্যালয়), is teaching students from grades five to twelve under the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education. This Higher Secondary School building was named after famous revolutionist monk Swami Projnanananda Saraswati. It was established in the year 1950 by Shri Yogesh Chandra Mukhopadhyay, one of the disciples of Swami Projnanananda. The school is situated in 78/8 College Road,^[1] near the landmark Shibpur Botanical Garden in Howrah.^[2]

History

This institution was established in the year 1950 soon after the independence of India. At first the school was at Haru Mistri Lane, Howrah, India, beside the Shalimar railways. In the year 1953 the school switched to its present address. The present building was built in 1952. Shri Yogesh Chandra Mukhopadhyay (Bengali: শ্রী যোগেশচন্দ্র মুখোপাধ্যায়), the founder of the school, contributed his personal land for the school building purpose. He was elected the first Secretary of the Managing Committee of the school. In 1954 the school was recognized by the Government. In the beginning days the schools provided education up to grade VI. In 1955, the school introduced herself as a Secondary School stretching to grade X. Higher Secondary section was included later in 1962 and in 1977 this institution received permission for Higher Secondary Examination.The school's first Higher Secondary Examination held in 1979.

Campus

Sibpur S.S.P.S. Vidyalaya

Location of Sibpur S.S.P.S. Vidyalaya

The centre of the school campus is its playground. Two sides of the playground is adjacent to two three-storied building, lying perpendicular to each other. One is the main building, constructed in 1952 and other building in newer, set up in 1962. At the end of the ground there is a school auditorium. It was built in the year 1981. There is also a primary section with the name Bharadwaj Shikshasram (Bengali: ভরদ্বাজ শিক্ষাশ্রম).

Students

Sibpur S.S.P.S. Vidyalaya has around 1000 students in attendance. Each class is separated between two or three sections i.e. A, B and C and each of which contain around average 50 students. Class XI and XII are divided into three 'streams' known as Science, Arts (Humanities) and Commerce. 'Arts' stream was introduced in 2011 while 'Science' and 'Commerce' is older than it.^[3]

Uniform

There is an assortment of school uniforms, for different classes. The uniforms of students are very similar from Classes V to XII, barring a few subtle modifications. The uniforms, however, are not different in for the Secondary and Higher Secondary sections. In the former years the school uniform included khaki (e.g.      ) pants, which was changed to black (e.g.      ) in later years.

White shirts with the school emblem on the pocket, black pants and a black school shoe. An navy blue sweater is additional for winter. From class VII to XII black full-pants is compulsory.

Emblem

main building of ssps

The logo or emblem, knitted in a square piece of cloth, of the institution includes the school name, year of establishment and the motto: 'শ্রদ্ধাবান্ লভতে জ্ঞানম' , this Sanskrit phrase denotes that most credited or honoured person attains the knowledge.^[4] There are four color schemes in the emblem of the institution. Each of them depicts a house from the following 4 houses. The houses and their respective colors are:

Sl. No-	House Name	House Color	Badge Picture
1	Projnanananda House	Red
2	Yogesh Chandra House (founder)	Blue
3	Vidyasagar House	Green
4	Vivekananda House	Yellow

This color sequence continuously cycles after four roll numbers. The Vidyasagar House was previously named Jogiraj House after Sri Shyamacharan Lahiri.

School Anthem

School begins with the prayer song Jana Gana Mana, the national anthem of India. Prior to that a short Sanskrit anthem is also been recited. This is the No. 9 principle of 'Taittirīya' (Bengali: তৈত্তিরীয়) Upanishads. In this mantra it is being prayed that:

"The Brahma would protect both the Acharya or teacher and disciples. Let us enjoy both equally fruit of wisdom; both of us can afford to be appropriate for obtaining knowledge. Let our study be effective, let our received erudition be successful. We do not let hatred for one another. Our spiritual, psychic and elemental - the three Peace let be satisfied."

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