Holy Child School is the oldest known English-medium school in Jalpaiguri City,

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. It has classes from

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, rep. Class I up to Class XII and is affiliated to the

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. It is located at Shiristala Avenue on the

Jalpaiguri Jalpaiguri (), is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Jalpaiguri district as well as of the Jalpaiguri division of West Bengal, covering the jurisdiction of the five districts of North Bengal. The city is ...

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Road leading to National Highway 31(D) which connects the city of

with the rest of the country by road(s).

Origin

Holy Child School in Jalpaiguri was opened in February 1973. It is a girls' school where the boys are accommodated according to the need and decision of the governing body.

Nature

The school is an unaided

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minority school. It includes classes from KG to XII. The medium of instruction is

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with

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and

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being offered as second and third languages respectively. The course that is followed is the I.C.S.E 10-year course and from 2004

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science and commerce is introduced.

Notable alumni

Holy Child School, Jalpaiguri has a large alumni base. Notable members include: * Mimi Chakraborty - Actress, singer and Member of Parliament

References

External links

Holy Child School Facebook site
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Notable alumni

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