Siksha Satra

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Siksha Satra
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Siksha Satra
Sriniketan, Bolpur

Birbhum, West Bengal, India
Coordinates 23°39′59″N87°39′37″E / 23.66639°N 87.66028°E / 23.66639; 87.66028
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TypeUnder Visva Bharati University
Established1924
PrincipalTamali Majumdar
GenderBoys and Girls

Siksha Satra is a school at Sriniketan town in Birbhum district, West Bengal. Established in 1924, it functions under Visva Bharati University.

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History

Siksha Satra established in 1924 in Santiniketan and later shifted to Sriniketan in 1927. This school caters to the children of villages deprived of opportunities for education.

A brief historical timeline

Student life

Siksha Satra has around 800 students in attendance. Each of classes is part of three sections—A, B, or C—each of which contains around 30 students. Classes 11 and 12 are divided into two "streams" known as Science and Arts.There is also a foreign language taught in 11 and 12 in arts stream.It is Japanese.Though this is a Bengali medium school but they offer bilingual teachings in class 11 and 12.

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