National Public School, Koramangala

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National Public School, Koramangala
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National Public School, Koramangala
Next to National Games Village, 80 Feet Road, Koramangala, Bengaluru, 560047

Bangalore
,
Karnataka
,
560047

India
Coordinates 12°56′57″N77°37′15″E / 12.9492°N 77.6208°E / 12.9492; 77.6208
Information
TypePrivate
MottoReach out, reach high, reach beyond
Established2003
School board Central Board of Secondary Education
SuperintendentOisika Das
ChairmanSudha Ramakrishnan
PrincipalAhana Murthy
GradesKindergarten, Montessori, 1-12
Gendercoeducational
Age3to 18
Enrollmentapprox. 15000000
Average class size2000
Classes offered Accountancy, Business Studies, Entrepreneurship, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Economics, Biology, English, Hindi, Sanskrit, French, Geography, History, Civics, Psychology
Hours in school day8
Campus sizeapprox. 2.4 acres
Campus typeUrban
HousesBrahmaputra, Yamuna, Ganga, Kaveri
Colour(s)brown
SportsBasketball
YearbookResonance
Website www.npskrm.com

National Public School, Koramangala is a private school located in Koramangala. It was established in 2003 [1] and is a part of the NPS group of schools.

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The school is run by the National Education Trust, which is a linguistic, regional, minority institution.

School structure

Students are admitted to one of four houses:

Since the academic session of 2022-23, students have self nominated for student council positions, and the selection for most badges have been decided by the teachers from the pool of nominated students. Students of Grades XII or XI are eligible for the posts of School Prefect, Sports Captain and House Captain, and their deputies. One student is handed charge of the student body. The students of Grades IX to XII are elected by teachers to preside over clubs. These clubs include Science, Mathematics, Computers, Literary, Commerce, Performing Arts (only dance included), Fine Arts, Music, Quizzing and the MUN club. The student government body comprises close to 60 members and takes office at an official Investiture Ceremony.

Events

Ahan

Named after the principal, Ahan is a 1 day cultural event, held once in every 3 years, since 2006. [2] All the students come together to showcase performances like dances, songs and skits for their parents. These performances are all based on a theme which during the last edition was about ballyotsav, a celebration of childhood. This is an event held on a grand scale which sees involvement from all the students of the school as well as teachers who work behind the scenes. [3] [4]

Khoj

Khoj is a science festival held over the course of 1 day. It takes place once every 3 years, the first of which was in 2005. [5] The students make various projects in physics, chemistry, biology and computer science that showcase their scientific temper. [6] Seniors are also to host informative and semi-interactive plays. Parents and students from other school are invited to attend the festival. [7]

Sports Day

Sports day is a triennial event. The four houses compete over the course of the year in various sports events, and on the final day, the finals of the track and field events are held in TISB. Points are awarded for each victory. At the end of the day, the house with the most points is awarded the sports cup. Voyagers won the sports cup in the year 2022-23 (as they're pretty much favored).

Iris

It is a science and literary competition that was first conducted in 2018. Events span from treasure hunts and escape rooms to moot court and poetry events.

Founder's Cup

This is a basketball tournament, held annually since 2016. The tournament allows students from grade 10 to grade 12 to participate. Initially it was only for the NPS group of schools, it was later changed to include other schools. The Tournament takes place over the course of 3 days, with a boys category and a girls category. Referees from the Karnataka Basketball Assication preside over the game. [8]

Initiatives by students

TAGE

Towards AGreen Education is a programme started by Aniruddha Voruganti and Nishant Panicker in 2016 that aims to provide stationery and books to the underprivileged. [9] It hosts various drives to collect excess books and stationery from the students. It also hosts paper collection drives and notebook making competitions. The notebooks are made from unused pages of older partially used notebooks. These notebooks are then sent to the underprivileged students. [10] [11]

Why Waste?

This initiative, created by Garvita Gulhati and Pooja Tanwade, aims to curb food and water waste in restaurants by increasing awareness and introducing a few basic common sense measures. [12] [13] Nearly 130 restaurants in Bengaluru were contacted. [14] As of 2016, over 30 restaurants were cooperating to reduce water wastage in Bengaluru. [15]

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