The Bishop's School (Pune)
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The Bishop's School, Pune, India
, was established by the British in 1864 to cater for the sons of Warrant officers and Non-commissioned officers of the British Indian Army
. The school has since functioned as a Christian Anglo-Indian minority institution. It is located in Pune Cantonment
close to MG road. In addition to its day school
, Bishop's also has a boarding school
. The school has three branches with the one in Camp being the first and oldest and an all boys school. The school has opened two branches in the Kalyani Nagar
and Undri areas of Pune
. These branches, unlike the flagship camp branch, are co-educational.
The School is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations
(CISCE), New Delhi
.
"At the instance of the Lord Bishop, the Commander-in-Chief has bestirred himself to lend one of the old barracks for a school to cater for the sons of Warrant Officers and N.C.Os".
On May 30, 1864 the Adjutant General of the Army, Lt. Col. Sydney T. Stock, wrote to the Secretary of Government, Education Department, Bombay, requesting educational facilities for children of Warrant Officer
s and Non-Commissioned Officers stationed at Poona who, not belonging to Regiments, did not have regimental facilities.
The scheme for the School was drawn up by the Quartermaster General, Major General Smith CB. The school was to be self-supporting. The original fees per month in respect of each boy were Rs. 5/-. Corporal Mansfield was the first School Master and the school started with 15 pupils. Rev. Fenton and Lt. Jacob, Acting Superintendent of Army Schools, did a lot of the work in getting the school started. The school started functioning in one of the Old Barracks, and the Barrack Master provided the basic furniture.
A reference to the formation of the school was made in the Bombay Gazette dated 14 June 1864. On the 6th August, 1864 there was a statement in the Gazette by Sir A. Grant that the school was established for the children of Warrant and Non-Commissioned Officers.
The school moved to its present site in 1868 when Khan Bahadur Pudumjee Pestonjee sold the property to the then Lord Bishop of Bombay for a sum of Rs. 25,000/-. In 1883 an indenture between the Secretary in State for Council in India and the Rt. Rev. George Milne, Bishop of Bombay, was signed. The grant was received from the Department under the old grant-in-aid Rules for European and Eurasian (Anglo-Indian) Schools.
In 1950 the school was registered as a Public Trust under the Bombay Public Trusts Act and functioned under the Poona Diocesan Schools Committee(P.D.S.C) which was responsible for both the Bishop's School and St. Mary's School. In 1965, the Poona Diocesan Schools Committee resolved that two new societies be formed for separate administration of the two schools. In 1966, the P.D.S.C accepted resolutions for the dissolution of the P.D.S.C in favor of two separate societies. In 1967, the St. Mary's School, Poona, and the Bishop's School, Poona, registered as two separate societies, and in 1969 these two separate societies became the legal successors of the Poona Diocesan Schools Committee. Most of the present Trustees are the Trustees approved by the P.D.S.C in 1967.
, 2 km from Pune Railway Station. The campus is one of the oldest school campuses in India, and one of the most important landmarks of Pune. Adjacent to the campus is the St. Marys Church built by the British in the 19th century.
Following rapid development of the city and increasing demand for education, the school opened two new branches at Kalyani Nagar
and Undri areas of Pune.
In Bishop's Kalyaninagar there are four houses Cooper (green), Freese (blue), Roberts (red) and Lunn (yellow).Undri also follows the same format, the houses are Rae (red), O'connor (green), Wintle (blue) and Young (yellow).
In the senior classes, students are marked according to the Board exam pattern in order to provide a picture of their expected performance in the Board exams.
, basketball
, table tennis
, hockey
, volleyball
and tennis
. Cricketers who have passed out from Bishop's are playing in tournaments like the Ranji trophy. The school has won the PSAAA football cup 18 times and has triumphed in the All India Anglo-Indian football cup three times. It has won the PSAAA cricket cup seven times.
Other sports at the school are boxing (one of only two schools in Maharastra to have it as a part of its regular activities) and athletics. There are long distance runs where juniors run 2.5 km and seniors run 5 km).
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, was established by the British in 1864 to cater for the sons of Warrant officers and Non-commissioned officers of the British Indian Army
British Indian Army
The British Indian Army, officially simply the Indian Army, was the principal army of the British Raj in India before the partition of India in 1947...
. The school has since functioned as a Christian Anglo-Indian minority institution. It is located in Pune Cantonment
Pune Cantonment
Pune Cantonment , also known as Pune Camp, is a military cantonment located in Pune, Maharashtra in India. It was established in 1918 for accommodating troops of the British Indian Army. The cantonment houses many military establishments. It is also known for its many shopping locations like MG...
close to MG road. In addition to its day school
Day school
A day school—as opposed to a boarding school—is an institution where children are given educational instruction during the day and after which children/teens return to their homes...
, Bishop's also has a boarding school
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
. The school has three branches with the one in Camp being the first and oldest and an all boys school. The school has opened two branches in the Kalyani Nagar
Kalyani Nagar
Kalyani Nagar is a neighbourhood located in the eastern region of Pune, India. It has a population of around 30,000.It is named after Neelkanth Kalyani, one of the city's foremost industrialists who pioneered the Kalyani Forging company in the early 1960s...
and Undri areas of Pune
Pune
Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
. These branches, unlike the flagship camp branch, are co-educational.
The School is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations
Indian Certificate of Secondary Education
The Indian Certificate of Secondary Education or ICSE examination is an examination conducted by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, a private, non-governmental board of school education in India, for class 10, i.e., grade 10...
(CISCE), New Delhi
New Delhi
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.
History
The Bishop's School was founded in 1864. On this day the Quarter Master General of the Bombay Army, writing to the Secretary Govt. Military Department, stated"At the instance of the Lord Bishop, the Commander-in-Chief has bestirred himself to lend one of the old barracks for a school to cater for the sons of Warrant Officers and N.C.Os".
On May 30, 1864 the Adjutant General of the Army, Lt. Col. Sydney T. Stock, wrote to the Secretary of Government, Education Department, Bombay, requesting educational facilities for children of Warrant Officer
Warrant Officer
A warrant officer is an officer in a military organization who is designated an officer by a warrant, as distinguished from a commissioned officer who is designated an officer by a commission, or from non-commissioned officer who is designated an officer by virtue of seniority.The rank was first...
s and Non-Commissioned Officers stationed at Poona who, not belonging to Regiments, did not have regimental facilities.
The scheme for the School was drawn up by the Quartermaster General, Major General Smith CB. The school was to be self-supporting. The original fees per month in respect of each boy were Rs. 5/-. Corporal Mansfield was the first School Master and the school started with 15 pupils. Rev. Fenton and Lt. Jacob, Acting Superintendent of Army Schools, did a lot of the work in getting the school started. The school started functioning in one of the Old Barracks, and the Barrack Master provided the basic furniture.
A reference to the formation of the school was made in the Bombay Gazette dated 14 June 1864. On the 6th August, 1864 there was a statement in the Gazette by Sir A. Grant that the school was established for the children of Warrant and Non-Commissioned Officers.
The school moved to its present site in 1868 when Khan Bahadur Pudumjee Pestonjee sold the property to the then Lord Bishop of Bombay for a sum of Rs. 25,000/-. In 1883 an indenture between the Secretary in State for Council in India and the Rt. Rev. George Milne, Bishop of Bombay, was signed. The grant was received from the Department under the old grant-in-aid Rules for European and Eurasian (Anglo-Indian) Schools.
In 1950 the school was registered as a Public Trust under the Bombay Public Trusts Act and functioned under the Poona Diocesan Schools Committee(P.D.S.C) which was responsible for both the Bishop's School and St. Mary's School. In 1965, the Poona Diocesan Schools Committee resolved that two new societies be formed for separate administration of the two schools. In 1966, the P.D.S.C accepted resolutions for the dissolution of the P.D.S.C in favor of two separate societies. In 1967, the St. Mary's School, Poona, and the Bishop's School, Poona, registered as two separate societies, and in 1969 these two separate societies became the legal successors of the Poona Diocesan Schools Committee. Most of the present Trustees are the Trustees approved by the P.D.S.C in 1967.
Location and Branches
The main campus is situated in Pune CantonmentPune Cantonment
Pune Cantonment , also known as Pune Camp, is a military cantonment located in Pune, Maharashtra in India. It was established in 1918 for accommodating troops of the British Indian Army. The cantonment houses many military establishments. It is also known for its many shopping locations like MG...
, 2 km from Pune Railway Station. The campus is one of the oldest school campuses in India, and one of the most important landmarks of Pune. Adjacent to the campus is the St. Marys Church built by the British in the 19th century.
Following rapid development of the city and increasing demand for education, the school opened two new branches at Kalyani Nagar
Kalyani Nagar
Kalyani Nagar is a neighbourhood located in the eastern region of Pune, India. It has a population of around 30,000.It is named after Neelkanth Kalyani, one of the city's foremost industrialists who pioneered the Kalyani Forging company in the early 1960s...
and Undri areas of Pune.
Administration
The school is administered by the Bishops Education Society, the management council appoints a Principal to administer the schools. The society appoints a Headmaster to administer the Camp School.House system
Bishop's originally had three houses: Arnold (green), Harding (blue) and Mansfield (red). In the 1960s, a fourth house Bishops (yellow) was added.In Bishop's Kalyaninagar there are four houses Cooper (green), Freese (blue), Roberts (red) and Lunn (yellow).Undri also follows the same format, the houses are Rae (red), O'connor (green), Wintle (blue) and Young (yellow).
Grading system
Instead of deriving a student's percentage at the end of a semester there is a point system. For every bracket of marks a student gets a certain point score is allocated. The student with the least number of points gets to the highest level in class.In the senior classes, students are marked according to the Board exam pattern in order to provide a picture of their expected performance in the Board exams.
Academics
The school provides education up to the 10+2 level (ICSE and ISC). The average percentage of the students is 72 percent. With at least 40 boys scoring above 90 percent in each grade.Sports
Sports include football, cricketCricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
, 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...
, table tennis
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
, hockey
Hockey
Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
, volleyball
Volleyball
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...
and tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
. Cricketers who have passed out from Bishop's are playing in tournaments like the Ranji trophy. The school has won the PSAAA football cup 18 times and has triumphed in the All India Anglo-Indian football cup three times. It has won the PSAAA cricket cup seven times.
Other sports at the school are boxing (one of only two schools in Maharastra to have it as a part of its regular activities) and athletics. There are long distance runs where juniors run 2.5 km and seniors run 5 km).
Notable alumni
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- Cyrus Poonawalla, Serum Institute of IndiaSerum Institute of IndiaSerum Institute of India is a manufacturer of Immunobiological including vaccines in India. The company is managed by the Poonawalla group- fully owned by Cyrus Poonawalla. The company is the fifth biggest vaccinemaker by volume, the top four being GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi-Aventis, Merck and Novartis...
, one of the 300 richest people in the world. - Farrukh DhondyFarrukh DhondyFarrukh Dhondy is a British writer, playwright and activist of Indian Parsi descent.-Education:Dhondy obtained a BSc degree from University of Poona in India before winning a scholarship to Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1964 where he read Natural Sciences before switching to English...
, author of "Bombay Duck" & "Poona Company" - Arun JaitleyArun JaitleyArun Jaitley is a prominent Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party , which is currently the largest Opposition party in India...
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