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Surendranath Centenary School is an
English-medium An English-medium education system is one that uses English as the primary medium of instruction—particularly where English is not the mother tongue of the students. Initially this is associated with the expansion of English from its homeland i ...
school in
Ranchi Ranchi (, ) is the capital of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Ranchi was the centre of the Jharkhand movement, which called for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar, northern Odisha, western West Bengal and the eastern area ...
,
India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
established in 1988.


History

The school is affiliated to the
Central Board of Secondary Education The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is a national level board of education in India for public and private schools, controlled and managed by the Government of India. Established in 1929 by a resolution of the government, the Board ...
. Its name commemorates
Surendranath Banerjee Sir Surendranath Banerjee often known as Rashtraguru ( bn, Rāṣṭraguru, Teacher of the Nation; 10 November 18486 August 1925) was Indian nationalist leader during the British Rule. He founded a nationalist organization called the Indian Nati ...
, a leader of India's independence movement and co-founder of the National Council of Education in
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. The school was established in 1988 to commemorate the centenary of the establishment of first school of the Surendranath Group, by Sarsi Bala Debi Trust and token assistance from Surendranath Group. The school started its academic session in 1988, and it was upgraded to Senior Secondary level in 1997. Currently, the school has two buildings - the Ranadeb Chaudhuri Block is used for primary education from Upper Kindergarten (UKG) to year V. The senior wing for years VI to XII is on four floors and includes science laboratories and computer labs. Students are assigned to one of four houses.


See also

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Primary schools in India High schools and secondary schools in Jharkhand Private schools in Jharkhand Schools in Ranchi Schools affiliated to CBSE Educational institutions established in 1988 1988 establishments in Bihar {{Jharkhand-school-stub