Assembly of God Church School was established in 1964, located in Kolkata

Kolkata

Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

, India

India

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. It takes the
Indian Council of Secondary Education Examination. The school motto is "Labore et Honore".

The school is organized by The Assemblies of God of North India, which is a registered Society under the West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961

West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961

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, is recognized by the Department of Education, Government of West Bengal

West Bengal

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 and is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination, New Delhi

New Delhi

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The school opened its doors on 20 January 1964 with 230 students and 16 teaching staff.Mr. James Elloy, the then Deputy Secretary of Education, presided at the opening.

In the beginning there was only the front portion of the school building at Royd Street on a site formerly used for grazing cattle. At the back was an aluminum Quonset hut used as a nursery class.

From June 1986, the Secondary School and Junior College sections were housed at the Buntain Education Centre, 125/1, Park Street while the Junior School Section (Nursery- Class 6) remained at 18/1, Royd Street, Calcutta-16. A separate Afternoon Session, which opened in June 1987, also functions from these premises.

The Assembly of God Church Educational Programme in West Bengal

West Bengal

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 now comprises 18 educational institutions and training colleges.

The Senior School also includes the National Open School Section which enrolls students for the Bridge/ Foundation, Secondary and Senior Secondary courses. This begun in 1993 and was granted affiliation by the National Open School, New Delhi

New Delhi

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 in 1994.

A Special Unit for children with Dyslexia

Dyslexia

Dyslexia is a very broad term defining a learning disability that impairs a person's fluency or comprehension accuracy in being able to read, and which can manifest itself as a difficulty with phonological awareness, phonological decoding, orthographic coding, auditory short-term memory, or rapid...

 and other learning disabilities was opened in September 1992. This caters for the needs of these children and attempts to help them rejoin the main stream of education.

The school is co-educational.

Academics

Curriculum
The subjects taught under ICSE

Indian Certificate of Secondary Education

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 syllabus include English, Vernacular, Environmental Education, History, Civics, Geography, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry etc. In addition to this, the students participate in Socially Useful Productive Work and Community Services.

The subjects taught under ISC

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syllabus include English, Vernacular, Environmental Education, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, etc. In addition to this, students take part in Socially Useful Productive Work and Community Services.

The subjects offered in Class XI are:

• Humanities: Compulsory English, Vernacular, Literature in English/History/ Art, Home Economics/Computer Science/Business Studies, Geography, Economics.
• Sciences: Compulsory English, Vernacular, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology/Computer Science.
• Commerce: Compulsory English, Vernacular, Commerce, Accounts, Economics, Business Mathematics/Computer Science/Business Studies.