Kendriya Vidyalaya No.1 Kanchrapara is a government school that offers both primary and secondary education in

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. It is under the group of the schools known as the

Kendriya Vidyalaya The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan () is a system of central government schools in India that are instituted under the aegis of the Ministry of Education, Government of India. , it has a total of 1,248 schools in India, and three abroad in Moscow ...

s under the aegis of

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History

Kendriya Vidyalaya No.1 Kanchrapara (also called K.V. No.1 Kanchrapara) commenced from the year 1978 inside the Kampa Defence Sector. A new primary block (Class I – V) was opened in January 2012.

Education system

This school is affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education(CBSE). The medium of teaching is English. The school also teaches

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languages. The school has Classes I-V in "Primary Block" and Classes VI-XII in "Secondary Block". The school offers three streams at 10+2 level:-- Humanities, Science (Computer Sciences / Biological Sciences) and Commerce. KV No

Campus

When the school commenced from the year 1978, the school building was an old model (only ground-floor) and was taken from the Army sector. Then, each class had three sections(A to C). The school built its own building and was inaugurated by Mr. H M Cairae,

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, Commissioner, KVS, New Delhi in presence of Col. Surinder Sharma, Station Commander and Chairman, Vidyalaya Management Committee (VMC) on 17th Nov. 2000. Each class has four sections(A to D) from classes I to X and three sections(A to C) for classes XI and XII in this building. The classes I to X are divided into sections to lower the teacher-student ratio, to make teaching more efficient. The classes XI and XII were divided into sections A, B and C based on 10+2 level. From 2014, one more section was added to classes XI and XII. Now classes XI and XII have sections A to D. * Section A: Computer sciences * Section B: Biological sciences * Section C: Commerce * Section D: Humanities In January 2012, the school opened a new building for Primary Block(Class I - V) in the same campus, each class having four sections(A to D). The school has e-rooms, computer aided teaching for better learning of students. The primary and secondary blocks are monitored by

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. Speakers are installed at corridors for emergency announcements. The school has its own

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ground. The equipment for the mentioned games as well as

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table),

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, and other indoor games are available.

Academic session

The academic session starts from 1 April and ends on 31 March of every financial year.

References

{{reflist Kendriya Vidyalayas Primary schools in West Bengal High schools and secondary schools in West Bengal Schools in North 24 Parganas district Educational institutions established in 1964 1964 establishments in West Bengal

History

Education system

Campus

Academic session

See also

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