National Public School, Rajajinagar
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| National Public School, Rajajinagar | |
| Motto | 'Reach Out, Reach High, Reach Beyond |
| Established | 1959 |
| Chairman | Dr. K. P. Gopalkrishna |
| Principal | Mrs. Santamma Gopalkrishna |
| Location | Bangalore, India |
| Vice-Principal | Mrs. Sumitra Das |
| Director | Dr.Bindu Hari |
National Public School is a school in Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
, 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...
established in 1959 by Dr. K. P. Gopalkrishna
K. P. Gopalkrishna
Dr. K. P. Gopalkrishna is the founder and promoter of several successful schools in India, through the National Education Trust. He is founder and chairman of The International School Bangalore , the National Public School, Indiranagar, National Public School, Rajajinagar and others.-External...
. Its main campus is located on Chord Road, 5th block, Rajajinagar
Rajajinagar
Rajajinagar is a residential locality in the west of Bengaluru land . It is bordered by Basaveshwaranagar, Malleshwaram, Mahalakshmipuram, Mahalakshmi Layout, Vijayanagar and Rajajinagar Industrial Suburb. Rajajinagar is divided into two stages, first and second. Rajajinagar 3rd Block was formerly...
. The campus comprises four buildings which house the classrooms, labs and auditorium. The playground comprises three portions. One portion houses the tennis court
Tennis court
A tennis court is where the game of tennis is played. It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the center. The same surface can be used to play both doubles and singles.-Dimensions:...
. The second portion is the throw-ball court.It is one of the few schools in India given full autonomy by the Central Board of Secondary Education
Central Board of Secondary Education
The Central Board of Secondary Education is a Board of Education for public and private schools, under the Union Government of India.-History:...
. The school is often referred to internally as NPS-RNR or NPS-R.
Classes generally consist of 30-40 children, and the total student strength currently exceeds 1800. The school has been reputed for the quality of its faculty.
Education
The school is renowned for its excellent academic reputation and ethical practices. It is one of only two schools in the country to have been granted full autonomy (upto class 10) by the Central Board of Secondary Education. The innovative methods of instruction have kept pace with technological changes. Students writing the board examinations traditionally achieve high marks. The laboratories are well equipped and maintained; at least, in comparison with other centres of secondary education in Bangalore. The high school math teachers really enjoy helping students crack difficult IIT-level problems every now and then, during their free time. Despite all the additional stress they undergo, students still manage to crack the competitive exams each year, achieving quite exceptional ranks and earning laurels at the national and international level olympiads. Many students have made it to the Indian Institutes of Technology, Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani, National Institutes of Technology, NLSIU and AIIMS, and many have made it to world-class universities such as MIT, Stanford University, London School of Economics, Nanyang Technological University and National University of Singapore in recent years. The alumni have spread to all walks of life like IT, medicine, law and fashion designing to name a few.School Rules
Every student must report to the school before the watchman closes the rear gate. Entrance through the front gate is allowed after the rear gate is closed. The students must not only come with a clean uniform, but also with a sense of pride and belonging to the NPS family.Parents are encouraged to actively participate in their wards' education ,which implies that they are expected to attend all Parent-Teacher Association[4] meetings, if the child has a below par performance in studies or misbehaviour in classes, or if the parent would like to discuss the progress of the child. Parents are advised to fix up appointments with the office as and when required.
The houses
Students are distributed to four houses: Phoenix (blue); Centaur (red); Orion (green); and Pegasus (yellow). Each house has a distinct identity, and while the inter-house games are competitive, house rivalries give way to school unity.There are two trophies awarded at the end of the year to the winning house(s). One is based on the performance of the house in athletics referred to as the sports cup, while the second is based upon the house members' performance in the various clubs ( Theater, Science, math, quiz, computers, Eco and Health).
Facilities
The school possesses a large and well-insulated auditorium (which stands up to the school's rigorous fire hazard requirements, and contains no fewer than four distinct major exits). Next to the auditorium are the two boys' washrooms, which are maintained as sanitarily as is possible. Inside the auditorium is a concrete badminton court, table tennis and other indoor sport facilities.The school is also said to have a well-equipped science laboratory, and a modern computer laboratory with computing facilities for over eighty students.
The school is further purported to have the dubious advantage of being located above a source of fresh water. The institution's management has treated this discovery as financially opportune, and it is rumoured that efforts have been underway to exploit this natural resource. However, it has been further said that these efforts did not succeed in their primary objective; the main obstruction being the presence of major sewage pipes immediately beneath the main playground.
The Physical Education department is responsible for the enforcement of health and safety regulations in the school campus. The school is thus well equipped to handle everyday medical/first-aid issues: antiseptics are the principal remedy administered to victims of minor maladies; in the unlikely event of a major catastrophe, the hypothetical victim would be transferred to hospital via an ambulance.
Fire extinguishers have been installed at strategic locations. In the event of a fire, they will be employed to the institution's benefit, under strict supervision of the nearest staff member, who will also initiate the activity of the suppressant. The school conducts fire drills with enthusiasm, and the district fire brigade visits the school each year in order to educate students in matters of fire safety.
Other facilities that National Public School maintains include a canteen that provides drinking water (which is also used judiciously by the cleaning staff, also called 'ayahs'), bicycle parking (parking at owner's risk), serviceable lavatories, an extensive library (for staff members only) and a tea/coffee-making apparatus restricted to staff use.
Sport
VolleyballVolleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
and throwball
Throwball
Throwball is a non-contact ball sport played across a net between two teams of seven players on a rectangular court. Throwball is popular in Asia, especially on the Indian subcontinent, and was first played in India as a women's sport in Chennai during the 1940s. Like volleyball, the game's roots...
are the only permitted outdoor sports.
Football has been banned following mild distress from junior members of the student community; after their failure to distinguish between objects travelling at different velocities, and their successful interception of the more painful variety. Even when football was permitted rarely, lobs and long balls were prohibited, thereby encouraging the use of the "through-ball". Surprisingly, given these circumstances, the NPS-R school football team reached the semi-finals of the inter-school competition Vivum (conducted by TISB
The International School Bangalore
The International School Bangalore is a private educational institution located in the outskirts of Bangalore, India. It was founded in 2000 by Dr. K. P. Gopalkrishna, and is a sister school of the National Public Schools, Bangalore...
) in both 2009 and 2010.
The school administration has adopted a policy that emphasises safety as a major priority, and sporting activities that are capable of causing mental or physical unease are strictly avoided.
School events
The school organizes a bi-annual Inter-school competition. The competition, known as Napsonic, involves a number of teams from different sister schools competing to win prizes for various events. To ensure fair play, the students of National Public School, Rajajinagar do not participate in the fests that the school usually sponsors.The school conducts a number of intra-school events, among them the "Sports Day," with drills and march past; "Rhythms"; and "Annual Day", a triennial event which in which all students participate. Students concentrate on dramas and enactments with the exception of those belonging to classes 10 and 12, for the school administration believes that these are years when their studies are more important than extracurricular activities, though the students seldom agree - chiefly due to the lack of administrative interest in academics. The sports day preliminary events are usually held immediately after lunch. "Spectrum" is an event in which students build scientific models, statues, paintings, or computer programs and exhibit their work to parents and other similar spectators. Each year the school organizes a Graduation Day programme to bid adieu to the graduating students, during the course of which students hold aloft lamps lit by a nine volt
Volt
The volt is the SI derived unit for electric potential, electric potential difference, and electromotive force. The volt is named in honor of the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta , who invented the voltaic pile, possibly the first chemical battery.- Definition :A single volt is defined as the...
cell taped under the lamp. In 2010, the school celebrated its golden jubilee
Golden Jubilee
A Golden Jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 50th anniversary.- In Thailand :King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, celebrated his Golden Jubilee on 9 June 1996.- In the Commonwealth Realms :...
.
There are also school sports events conducted for classes 1 to 12 and kindergarten, in which the winners undertake a prestigious crown-wearing ceremony, witnessed by the entire participating section. In accordance with the school's commitment to the environmental movement
Environmental movement
The environmental movement, a term that includes the conservation and green politics, is a diverse scientific, social, and political movement for addressing environmental issues....
and their policy on waste hierarchy
Waste hierarchy
The waste hierarchy refers to the 3 Rs of reduce, reuse, recycle, or and [ which classify waste management strategies according to their desirability. The Rs are meant to be a hierarchy, in order of importance...
(Reduce, Re-use, Recycle), the winner must subsequently hand the crown back to the vice-principal. There are three aluminum crowns in use presently.
It has been reported that the Annual Sports Meet 2011 for classes 5-8 was abandoned after the participants became involved in unnatural levels of aural emission. While this event has dampened student enthusiasm, it is unlikely to have any lasting impact on them. However, it has subsequently been reported that this event was indeed conducted, following negotiations between the NPS management and the student dissenters.
The school selectively encourages participation in inter-school competitions; students are permitted to compete only when it is probable they will do the school proud.
Criticism
The institution has frequently been criticised for its lack of support with regard to the teaching of local languages - Kannada is an optional subject, taught between classes 5-8. Consequently, the school has twice been attacked by mobs (acting with an apparent sense of loyalty to the state language); resulting in damage to the library and classrooms. As a precautionary measure, the name of the school is not publicly displayed anywhere on the premises.Concerns have been raised over the issue of the deteriorating quality of education - majorly due to the appointments of new staff; many of whom are insufficiently experienced to replace senior teachers in the school, who are personally responsible for the reputation the school enjoys presently.
National Public School has also been censured for its attitude towards total and unquestioning obedience; and its position on student discipline. Also, its lack of flexibility about the uniform often has annoyed students. Popular opinion regarding the school suggests that students graduating often possess inflated opinions of their own abilities, and consider themselves superior to their peers from other institutions of learning.
he year of 2009 witnessed an unprecedented event wherein the auditorium stage screen and walls were vandalised, consequently suffering minor damage. The school management took a very serious view of this offence, and called on the chairman, Dr. Gopalakrishna, to visit the school and counsel the students in matters of honesty and telling-on-peers. All high school students (assumed guilty until proven otherwise) were required to contribute to repairing the damage. There was no remarkable dissent during this process.
The year of 2009 witnessed an unprecedented event wherein the auditorium stage screen and walls were vandalised, and suffered minor damage. The school management took a very serious view of this offence, and called on the chairman, Dr. Gopalakrishna, to visit the school and counsel the students in matters of honesty and telling-on-peers. All high school students (assumed guilty until proven otherwise) were required to contribute to repairing the damage. There was no remarkable dissent during this process. However, the damage to the auditorium has not yet been repaired, and the school management has declined to comment on the matter.
School song
The school song, written by an anonymous alumnus, is traditionally sung by graduating students between the months of September and February, in their final year at school. However, it has been recently brought to notice that this song has been performed by a choir of eighth-graders. In this, too, the school ensures that students persevere and sing with dedication and the standard quantities of pride. It is a little known fact that the song is a slightly adapted version of the hymn 'Shine Father Shine'.God help us to reach out to others
In the midst of our darkness shining
Let the light of our alma-mater shine on us
Set us free from the shackles of ignorance
Shine on us (2)
Shine let it shine
Fill our school with honour and glory
Blaze spirit blaze
Set our hearts on fire
Flow river flow
Flood our nation with peace and harmony
Help us reach out, reach high and reach beyond!
God help us to reach high above us
Keep our feet ever firm on the ground
Lord we come to your mighty presence
From our shadow into your radiance
Shine on us (2)
(Shine let it shine)
God help us to reach beyond horizons
Show us a vision that's filled with your wisdom
Mirrored here may we shine and endeavour
glorify the name of NPS forever
Shine on us (2)
(Shine let it shine)
Sister schools
- National Public School, KoramangalaNational Public School, KoramangalaNational Public School, Koramangala is one of a branch of schools located in Bangalore, India, which also has branches in Chennai and Singapore. It follows an academic approach to education, yet of recent has made successful basketball and football teams....
- National Public School, IndiranagarNational Public School, IndiranagarNational Public School, Indiranagar, is a private school located in Indiranagar, Bangalore .It is a sister institution of National Public School Rajajinagar. It was started in 1982 by Dr. K.P. Gopalakrishna, chairman, National Educational Trust. In January 2007, the school celebrated its 25th...
- National Public School, ChennaiNational Public School, ChennaiNational Public School , in Gopalapuram, Chennai, India, is run by the Citizens Education Society. It was founded in 1970 by Dr. K.P. Gopalkrishna and is affiliated to the CBSE.-The school:...
- National Public School, HSR LayoutHSR LayoutHosur Sarjapur Road Layout , popularly known as HSR Layout is a relatively new suburb located to the south-east of Bangalore, India. The layout, which is built on land reclaimed from the Agara lake, is located between Hosur Road and Sarjapur Road....
- National Academy For LearningNational Academy For LearningNational Academy for Learning is a school in Bangalore, founded by K.P. Gopalkrishna with the principal as Catherina Koshy and administrator as Ajita Satish. National Academy For Learning is located in the 3rd Cross, 3rd Block, and 3rd Stage of Basaveshwara Nagar, Bangalore. Part of the National...
- The International School BangaloreThe International School BangaloreThe International School Bangalore is a private educational institution located in the outskirts of Bangalore, India. It was founded in 2000 by Dr. K. P. Gopalkrishna, and is a sister school of the National Public Schools, Bangalore...
- National Public School International, SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
- National Hill View Public School, Rajarajeshwari Nagar
Notable alumni
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, 1975; Managing Director - Maxim India Integrated Circuits Pvt Ltd. Former General Manager at AMD, Realchip Communications. Alum at UC-Santa Barbara, UVCE - Mahesh Dharan, 1975; President/COO at Avirtek Arizona, USA. Entrepreneur Corporate Development, Business Strategy at Intel, GE, Peoplesoft. Alum at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Syracuse University, RVCE.
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, international athlete from Karnataka - V. J. Ananthapadmanabha, 1975; Alumni: UVCE & Central College Business School, Bangalore University, General Manager, Kavveri Telecom Products Ltd. Bangalore
- Deepak Lazarus, a reputed music teacher currently in the employ of NPS, RajajinagarNational Public School, RajajinagarNational Public School is a school in Bangalore, India established in 1959 by Dr. K. P. Gopalkrishna. Its main campus is located on Chord Road, 5th block, Rajajinagar. The campus comprises four buildings which house the classrooms, labs and auditorium. The playground comprises three portions....
- Asmita Desai [prev. Gandhi], 1975; presently in India. Principal of A.V. Jasani School - Winner of British Council - International School Award - 2011.