Panskura Bradley Birt High School, established on 4 February 1913, is one of the oldest co-ed higher secondary school located in

Panskura Panskura is a town and a municipality in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is situated on the banks of the Kangsabati River (variously known as Kasai and Cossye). Etymology 1. According to many references, the ...

Purba Medinipur Purba Medinipur (English: ''East Medinipur'', alternative spelling ''Midnapore'') district is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the southernmost district of Medinipur division – one of the five administrative d ...

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. The school follows the course curricula of

West Bengal Board of Secondary Education The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education is the West Bengal state government administered autonomous examining authority for the Standard 10 examination (or secondary school level examination) of West Bengal, India. It has come into force ...

(WBBSE) and

West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) came into existence in 1975. It is an autonomous examining authority, which is responsible for conducting examinations for standard XII for both government and private schools aff ...

(WBCHSE) for Standard 10th and 12th Board examinations respectively.

History

Initially, the school was established on 1864 as "Punchcoora School". Later, the name of the School was changed to the name of Panskura Bradley Birt High School in the year 1913. Actually Mr.

Francis Bradley Bradley-Birt Francis Bradley Bradley-Birt, ICS, FRGS (25 June 1874 – 11 June 1963) was a British diplomat and writer. Biography He began his career as an English member of the Indian Civil Service. His duty in India began in 1896, and he started as an ass ...

was that time district collector. Later his wife

Lady Norah Beatrice Henriette Bradley-Birt Lady Norah Beatrice Henriette Bradley-Birt VA (née Spencer-Churchill; 1 September 1875 – 28 April 1946) was an English aristocrat and educationalist. She, along with her husband Francis Bradley Bradley-Birt, are known for their writings a ...

who was an educationalist also donate some fund for the school .

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* * ''Who Was Who among English and European Authors'' (1931–49) * ''The Indian Civil Service 1601–1930''. Lewis Sydney Steward O'Malley. J. Murray 1931. p. 299. High schools and secondary schools in West Bengal Schools in Purba Medinipur district 1913 establishments in India {{WestBengal-school-stub