Mission Girls' High School

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Mission Girls' High School
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Mission Girls' High School
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Coordinates 22°25′58″N87°19′11″E / 22.4328299°N 87.3196584°E / 22.4328299; 87.3196584 Coordinates: 22°25′58″N87°19′11″E / 22.4328299°N 87.3196584°E / 22.4328299; 87.3196584
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TypeGirls' school
Established1868 (1868)
School district Paschim Medinipur

Mission Girls' High School, established in 1868, is one of the oldest schools for girls in Midnapore town, West Bengal, India.

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The school follows the course curricula of West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) and West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) for Standard 10th and 12th Board examinations respectively. [1]

History

Khanto Bala Rai was headmistress of the Midnapore Mission Girls' School starting in 1923. "In executive ability, tact with teachers, pupils, and patrons, and keen insight into the needs and opportunities of the school Miss Rai has shown her real worth and has greatly strengthened the school," noted a 1924 report. [2] She described the challenges of a growing school in a 1925 letter to American Baptists. [3] She was still principal of the school in a 1926 update. [4]

Notable alumni

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References

  1. http://wbchse.nic.in/admin/school_details.php?hp=5109 [ dead link ]
  2. "Midnapore Increases Local Support" American Baptist Foreign Mission Society 1924: 159–160.
  3. Rai, Miss K. B. "Midnapore Mission Girls' School" Tidings from the ABFM Society of Bengal-Orissa (1925): 21–25.
  4. Prescott, Nellie G.; Northern Baptist Convention. Board of Education (1926). The Baptist family in foreign mission fields [microform]. Internet Archive. Philadelphia, Boston : The Judson Press.