Desouza's School, Rourkela

DeSouza's School

Exterior of Desouza's School Born for Greater Things
Location
Rourkela Odisha India
Coordinates	22°14′22″N 84°52′54″E / 22.2395°N 84.8816°E / 22.2395; 84.8816Coordinates: 22°14′22″N 84°52′54″E / 22.2395°N 84.8816°E / 22.2395; 84.8816
Information
Type	Private Primary, Middle Secondary
Established	1958 (1958)
School district	Sundergarh
Principal	Alexander DeSouza^[1]
Staff	130
Number of students	1,200
Classes	Pre-nursery to class XII
Campus	Six acres
Affiliation	Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations

Desouza's School is a private Indian school, located in Sector-2 of Rourkela, Odisha. Established in 1982, the school is affiliated to the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) and the Indian School Certificate (ISC).

General information

Nestling in the heart of the Durgapur Hills of the Chota Nagpur Plateau, the school was a private initiative by a couple, academician Anne DeSouza and armyman Captain John A. DeSouza.

Courses offered

School corridor

The school offers kindergarten, primary, middle and secondary education. With Classes I to XII having science and commerce courses stream at the senior secondary level, the school prepares the students for the ICSE and ISC examinations.

The school has a primary resource room, science laboratories, computer rooms with television, LCD and overhead projector facilities, playgrounds and gardens and a library.

Facilities

The student facilities include:

science lab – with the latest scientific appliances in the labs of physics, chemistry and biology
computer lab – with latest trends and technologies
audio visual room – for presentation of various subjects using LCD projectors and latest-edition educational CDs and DVDs
auditorium – has a seating capacity of nearly 800 people

Co-curricular activities

value education – given to students with orientation sessions
cxtracurricular activities – includes music, painting and drawing, debates, elocution, quizzes, and classical dance for overall development of the student's learning process
National Cadet Corps – under the 9th Odisha Battalion – provides qualities of leadership, discipline in the students – cadets attend various camps to improve their skills

Campus

Basketball ground

The school is situated on a six-acre campus at the foot of the hills of Sector-2 and is near Indira Gandha Park, Gayatri Temple and Sushilavati Government Women's College.

References

↑ Staff (undated). "Executive Committee Members". Association of Odisha ICSE Schools. Retrieved 10 May 2016.

External links

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Education in Rourkela

Colleges

Engineering	Padmanava College of Engineering Rourkela Institute of Technology S.K.D.A.V. Government Polytechnic Utkalmani Gopabandhu Institute of Engineering

Medical	Hi-Tech Medical College and Hospital Kanak Manjari Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences Utkalmani Homoeopathic Medical College

General	Government Autonomous College Municipal College Ispat Autonomous College Rourkela Law College Sushilavati Government (SG) Women’s College

Business Schools	DAMITS (Jagda) Rourkela Institute of Management Studies AWDI (Bastia Smruti Sadan)

Schools

CBSE	DAV Public School Delhi Public School Deepika English Medium School (Primary School High School) Guru Nanak Public School Kendriya Vidyalaya Saraswati Vidya Mandir

ICSE	Carmel School Desouza's School Ispat English Medium School MGM English Medium School Sri Aurobindo's Rourkela School St. Joseph's Convent School, Hamirpur St. Paul's School

State Gov.	Govt. Highschool, Uditnagar Government Junior College S. G. Women's (Jr) College Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Sector 06

Specially Challenged	Home and Hope, Sector 17 School for Deaf, Sector 06

Music and Dance	Music Circle

NGOs	Akshaya Patra Foundation Deepika Mahila Sanghati

University

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