Palashipara Mahatma Gandhi Smriti Vidyapith(P.M.G.S.V.) popularly known as Palashipara M.G.S. Vidyapith is one of the old educational institutes of

Nadia district, West Bengal Nadia () is a district in the state of West Bengal, India. It borders Bangladesh to the east, North 24 Parganas and Hooghly districts to the south, Purba Bardhaman to the west, and Murshidabad to the north. Nadia district is highly influential ...

. It is situated in

Tehatta II Tehatta II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Tehatta subdivision of Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Palashipara, the police station and headquarters of Tehatta II CD Block, i ...

block, at

Palashipara Palashipara, is a village in the Tehatta II CD block in the Tehatta subdivision of the Nadia district, West Bengal, India. History At the time of the Battle of Plassey, local people migrated to a different place to avoid social and poli ...

History

The school was established in 1948 and constructed by the local population with the help of social workers. The infrastructure of school was improved during the 1950s when Mr. Raghunandan Biswas was a

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and

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leader. A two-storied dormitory was constructed for housing student attendees from distant areas that had no higher secondary schools. The building was transferred to the primary school section. The ''Mahatma Gandhi Smriti Balika Vidyapith'' (for girls) is situated within a kilometer from this school.

Infrastructure

This is a boys school and the higher secondary section is co-educational. The curriculum emphasizes science, arts and commerce. There are three laboratories, as well as computer education facilities and a library. The three different sections of education each have their own building: Primary, Madhyamik and Higher Secondary. The school compound contains the teachers' quarters. The school is now under the governance of the

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Sports

The school competes with success in athletics, particularly football, reaching district and state levels. Members of the senior-level football team have participated in the

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super division club and national levels. They have their own playing ground just beside the school.

References

{{Reflist Schools in Nadia district High schools and secondary schools in West Bengal Educational institutions established in 1948 1948 establishments in West Bengal