Stewart School, Cuttack

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Stewart School
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Stewart School, Cuttack
Mission Road, Buxi Bazar Rd, Cuttack, Odisha

India
Coordinates 20°28′33″N85°52′11″E / 20.475941°N 85.869674°E / 20.475941; 85.869674
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Former nameProtestant European School
TypePrivate
MottoDomini Timor Prima Sapientia
(Fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom)
Religious affiliation(s)Christian
Established1882 (1882)
FounderDr. William Day Stewart
School districtCuttack
ManagementDiocese of Cuttack, Church of North India
PrincipalD. Martina
Faculty80
Affiliation Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations
Website stewartschoolctc.in

Stewart School, Cuttack is an Indian Christian school, located on Mission Road, Buxi Bazar in Cuttack, Odisha. Stewart School, Cuttack was founded in 1882 by Dr. William Day Stewart, a Civil Surgeon based at Cuttack.

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History and administration

Stewart School, Cuttack was founded in 1882 by Chennai born (1 May 1840) Briton Dr. William Day Stewart, a Civil Surgeon based at Cuttack. He was also instrumental in converting the Pilgrim's Hospital to a Medical Schools in 1875 at Cuttack. The school, that started in 1882 was re-christened Stewart School in 1919 after its founder William Day Stewart, a civil surgeon. Stewart School began as the European Orphanage School in November 1882. Soon, it came to be known as the Protestant European School (in 1891) and in the same year its doors opened to Indian students. In 1910, the school was recognized as a Higher Elementary School by the Inspector of European Schools, Bihar and Orissa. The name of the school was altered to Stewart School, Cuttack, to perpetuate the name of its Founder, Dr. Stewart. In 1924 the school was confirmed in the status of Junior Secondary School and the Cambridge Syndicate sanctioned the opening of a centre for Cambridge Examinations in the school. In the year 1974, the school was affiliated to CISCE, New Delhi. Stewart School, Cuttack is an Anglo-Indian School and its Principal is the State's only non-official representative on the Inter-State Board for Anglo-Indian Education. Dr William Day Stewart the founder of Stewart and the Medical school passed away on 23rd November 1890 in Cuttack and is buried at the local 'European Gora Kabar' cemetery.

The school is under the management of the Diocese of Cuttack, Church of North India. The principal is Mrs. D. Martina.

There are five Stewart Schools in Odisha under the management of the Diocese of Cuttack. Stewart School, Cuttack, is the oldest among the five. It consistently has students figuring in the top ten of Eastern Indian Indian Certificate of Secondary Education schools.

Apart from the school, there is a college named Stewart Science College. It is affiliated with the Council of Higher Secondary Education, Odisha.

The Stewart School, Cuttack is a Christian Minority Educational Institution, which is managed by the Managing Committee of the School. It is a Charitable Un-Aided Minority Educational. It does not receive any kind of financial assistance from the state either for development, maintenance of infrastructure or towards the salary of the staff. The sole income of the school is from the fees collected from the parents. It runs on no profit. The Stewart School, Cuttack is affiliated to the ICSE council, New Delhi and has received the Minority Status Certificate on 26 February 2009 from the National Commission for Minority Educational Institution (NCMEI), Government of India, New Delhi vide F. No. 1568 of 2008-3415.

Motto

The motto is Domini Timor Prima Sapientia ("Fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom") from Psalm 111:10 in the Bible.

Staff and students

The school has 2,500 students and 80 teachers.

Affiliations

The school is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi.

Campus and facilities

The school is housed in a complex of double-storeyed buildings all around the campus. It contains smart classrooms, dedicated laboratories, a computer lab, a large centenary hall, a library-cum-reading room, front lawns, and multiple playgrounds.

Student life

Student life includes sports, National Cadet Corps (NCC), cultural activities, school youth festival, monthly quizzes, seminars, debates, and exhibitions on philately, numismatics, environment, and science.

Sports and extra-curricular activities

Every year the school has a sports day in which the five houses participate. The five houses are:

  • Bamfield
  • Biggs
  • Roberts
  • Young
  • Subhash

There are inter-house competitions including debates, songs, recitations, and spelling bees. All children from the houses participate in the annual sports meet and are rewarded for meritorious performance.

The school has facilities for many games like football, badminton, volleyball, cricket. Every year school selects the players for each game to form a team for inter-school tournaments.

National Cadet Corps

In November 1948, NCC (Junior) was formed in the school and is associated with 1(O) Med. Coy. of the Cuttack, N.C.C. Directorate. The school has the highest representation of Junior Division cadets in the annual Republic Day Camp at New Delhi during the month of January from the Odisha Directorate.

There are nine ranks:

  • Company Sergeant Major (1)
  • Company Quarter Master Sergent (1)
  • Sergeants (3)
  • Corporals (2)
  • Lance Corporals (2)

Every year, an NCC troop from the school represents 1(O) Med. Coy. in the Republic Day parade and Independence Day parade. Every year until 2000 it won both parades. Other victories are:

  • 2002 and 2003 both Republic Day and Independence Day parade
  • 2005 both Republic Day and Independence Day parade
  • 2006 Republic Day parade
  • 2007 Independence Day parade
  • 2009 Independence Day parade
  • 2012 Republic day Parade

Notable alumni

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