Ispat English Medium School
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Ispat English Medium School is a modern education institution of Eastern India
. It is located in Sector 20 of the Rourkela Steel Township in Rourkela
, Orissa. The school follows the syllabus prescribed by the CISCE.
The school is among the top 100 schools in India
and the very first to have English as the medium of instruction. Its official name is Ispat English Medium School, Sector-20 though it is also known as Ispat E.M. School. Admission to it has never been open to the general public, though it is open to children of parents working for SAIL, CISF, CRPF and other Central Government undertakings and REC.
The school is a normal day-time education facility - there are no boarding students. The school is run by the Education department of the Steel Authority of India Limited
.
The school is set up according to a house system. There are four houses named after famous Indian personalities:
The house colors are:
List of top 100 schools in India
Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It is located in Sector 20 of the Rourkela Steel Township in Rourkela
Rourkela
Rourkela is located in the northwestern tip of the Indian state of Orissa at the heart of a rich mineral belt. It is situated about north of state capital Bhubaneswar.It is surrounded by a range of hills and encircled by rivers. One of the largest steel plants of the Steel Authority of India...
, Orissa. The school follows the syllabus prescribed by the CISCE.
The school is among the top 100 schools in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
History
The school was set up in 1961 along the same lines as the Indian Public School (IPS) system. It is one of the very first schools established in RourkelaRourkela
Rourkela is located in the northwestern tip of the Indian state of Orissa at the heart of a rich mineral belt. It is situated about north of state capital Bhubaneswar.It is surrounded by a range of hills and encircled by rivers. One of the largest steel plants of the Steel Authority of India...
and the very first to have English as the medium of instruction. Its official name is Ispat English Medium School, Sector-20 though it is also known as Ispat E.M. School. Admission to it has never been open to the general public, though it is open to children of parents working for SAIL, CISF, CRPF and other Central Government undertakings and REC.
The school is a normal day-time education facility - there are no boarding students. The school is run by the Education department of the Steel Authority of India Limited
Steel Authority of India Limited
Steel Authority of India Limited from 116950 The company's current chairman is C.S Verma. With an annual production of 13.5 million metric tons, SAIL is the 14th largest steel producer in the world....
.
The school is set up according to a house system. There are four houses named after famous Indian personalities:
- Tagore (Rabindranath TagoreRabindranath TagoreRabindranath Tagore , sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature...
) - Rajaji (C. RajagopalachariRajagopalachariRajagopalachari is a popular name in use amongst the Iyengar community of South IndiaSome prominent Rajagopalacahris are:* C. Rajagopalachari, also known as Rajaji: Indian freedom fighter, Gandhian, leader of the Indian National Congress and founder of the Swatantra party.* Sir Perungavur...
) - Pratap (Rana Pratap)
- Shivaji (Chhatrapati Shivaji)
The house colors are:
- Tagore - Red
- Rajaji - Yellow
- Pratap - Green
- Shivaji - Blue
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