Air Force Bal Bharati School (AFBBS) established 1955, is a senior secondary school situated on
Lodi Road
Lodhi Road (Hindi: लोधी रोड, Urdu: لودھی مارگ) in New Delhi, India, is named after the Lodhi Gardens located on it. Two Mughal mausoleums, Humayun's Tomb and Safdarjung's Tomb, lie at the eastern and western ends of th ...
,
New Delhi
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, India, and run by the
Indian Air Force
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Educational and Cultural Society. It is affiliated to the
Central Board of Secondary Education
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.
History
The school was the brainchild of
Air Marshal M. S. Chaturvedi who encountered problems trying to get his children admitted to a school in New Delhi while he was posted there with the Air Force. The school was started by the Indian Air Force Educational and Cultural Society, which also runs
The Air Force School (Suboroto Park) and
Air Force Golden Jubilee Institute
Air Force Golden Jubilee Institute, located at Subroto Park, Delhi Cantonment, India, is a school run by the Indian Air Force Educational and Cultural Society. It was founded in 1985.
The school has an auditorium named as Rabindralaya. There are ...
, with the aim of educating children of Air Force personnel posted to the
National Capital Region
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AFBBSmade its beginning as a primary school, on 15 July 1955 with 116 pupils and six members of staff. The school was housed in war time barracks.
By 1974 it had grown into a fully-fledged senior secondary school offering education to over 3300 pupils. Today, AFBBS functions under the aegis of Indian Air Force Educational and Cultural Society as a recognised, unaided private school. The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi, and offers educational facilities under 10+2 scheme of education.
In the mid 1990s in an ''India Today'' survey the school was listed in the top 10 schools of New Delhi, rising to first in 1995. Various agencies have since ranked it in top 10 or top 15 lists.
In October 2005, the school celebrated its golden jubilee with a week-long festival, "Swarnajyoti", with inter-school competitions. In 2007 AFBBS achieved ISO 9001-2000 certification.
In 2012
Air Marshal J. N. Burma at the school's annual day stated that as per Indian Air Force computer records, results of the school's pupils are the best in all schools run by the Indian Air Force.
The
President of India
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, Shri
Ram Nath Kovind
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graced the 2022 investiture ceremony, and felicitated all the members of the student council.
Co-curricular activities
The school has various activities in every department and is an active participant in the annual football tournament, the
Subroto Cup
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The school also has
NCCcompany, under the Air Force wing, consisting of both SD and SW, falling under the Delhi Directorate.
Evaluation System – Senior Wing
A student has to put in at least 75% attendance during the year to become eligible to appear for the Board Examination/Annual Examination. There are two Terminal Examinations. In order to be declared as 'Passed' at the end of the academic session, a student must secure at least 40% marks in each of the subjects offered.
In the Secondary and Senior Secondary (X and XII) students who appear in the Board Examinations at the end of the year will appear in the Pre-Board Examinations to be held in January. They will take Two Terminal Examinations like the other students.
For admission and allotment of streams in Class XI the results of the Class X Board Examination will be taken into consideration.
Evaluation System – Junior Wing
In the Junior school the continuous evaluation system is used where students are graded throughout the year on the basis of class work, assessments, projects and activities.
Alumni
The School has a dedicated Alumni network, with its alumnus having gone on to win laurels in every field on every spectrum, national and international, some even being the first(s) in their dedicated field(s).
The alumnus network is spearheaded by th
Old Students Association standing strong by the side of their
Alma Mater.
References
External links
Other Air Force schools in India
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No. 1 Air Force School, Gwalior
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History
Originally christened as Air Force Vidya Bharati School, later renamed to No.1 Air Force School was establish ...
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Air Force School Coimbatore
Air Force School (Coimbatore) was set up to provide education to the children of the Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel.
The school is an unaided private co-educational institute affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). It i ...
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Air Force Golden Jubilee Institute
Air Force Golden Jubilee Institute, located at Subroto Park, Delhi Cantonment, India, is a school run by the Indian Air Force Educational and Cultural Society. It was founded in 1985.
The school has an auditorium named as Rabindralaya. There are ...
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The Air Force School (Subroto Park)
The Air Force School (TAFS), formerly known as Air Force Central School (AFCS), was set up primarily to provide education to the children of Indian Air Force personnel.
It was founded in 1955 by the Air Marshal Subroto Mukherjee, the Chief of ...
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