Jamnabai Narsee School

Jamnabai Narsee School

'Vidya Param Balam'
('Knowledge is Strength Supreme.')
Location
Mumbai, Maharashtra
India
Information
Type Private School
Established 1971
Area trustee Narsee Monjee Educational Trust
Principal Zeenath Bhojaboy
Grades Nursery school – 12th Standard
Number of students 5000+
Affiliation
Website www.jns.ac.in

Jamnabai Narsee School is a private school in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It was founded on 17 January 1971 and is managed by the Narsee Monjee Education Trust. The school building is unusual in architecture with three clusters of hexagonal classrooms, each with a central foyer. The school is attended by children from all over Mumbai, and its alumni include several famous dignitaries and celebrities.

History

Jamnabai Narsee School was founded on 17 January 1971. It was established and managed by the Narsee Monjee Educational Trust. It is a co-educational, English medium school.

This school is an 'Unaided Linguistic-Minority Institution', affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations-New Delhi, and to International Baccalaureate Organisation,[1] Geneva preparing students for the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) Examination at the end of the 10th grade and the International Baccalaureate Diploma (IBDP) at the end of the 12th. The school has a track record of academic excellence as well as co-curricular competency in art, sports and other creative fields, thus nurturing the child's interests in every aspect.

Motto

The motto of the school is "Vidya Param Balama" which means "Knowledge is Strength Supreme". The guiding principle of the school is "Let learning be a joy and teaching be a pleasure" where opportunities are provided leading to the process of self-improvement.

Timeline

2022 is burnt down by a hoard of parents as school refutes various claims of harassment, academic dishonesty as well as other inflammatory claims

Facilities

The school compound has courts for basketball, volleyball, throwball and handball, to cater to the physical education programme of the school. The school has leased an adjacent public maidan and converted it into a playground for the students.

The building has a total built-up area of 144,000 square feet (13,400 m2) and a carpet area of more than 117,000 square feet (10,900 m2).

The building houses over 72 classrooms each measuring 585 sq ft (54.3 m2) in area, for the students from nursery to Std.XII. In addition to these, there are rooms for academic activities such as the Technical Drawing Room, the Art Room, the Maths Laboratory, the Environmental Science room and rooms for Bharat Natyam, Kathak and folk dance, a library,stationary,copy room,science labs, the sitar room, rooms for Indian and Western Music and 4 modern Computer Centers.

The entire central area in the first floor is the arena for cultural activities. The Physics/Biology/Chemistry laboratories and the Science Activity Center are on second floor. An audio-visual room of around 1,200 sq ft (110 m2). area is situated on the third floor. The school hall with a mezzanine floor caters to the needs of an audience of 700.

The school employs 175 teachers and support staff, and another 100 punes. Enrollment is 5000 students. Every year approximately 290 candidates are prepared and sent up for the ICSE examinations, the highest of any Mumbai school. The principal is Zeenat Bhojaboy(ex-vice principal), who took over the position in 2015.

In the news

The school recently made headlines in newspapers when a mother of a nine-year-old student of the school recently complained to the Maharashtra education department that the institute has been "insensitive" towards her daughter who suffers from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and subjected her to corporal punishment.[2]

In 2013, a cleaner on the school's staff was convicted for sexually molesting a three-year-old preschool student while she was being dropped home by the school bus.[3]

Notable Alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Jamnabai Narsee School". IB World Schools. IBO. Retrieved 22 November 2007.
  2. ↑ "'School insensitive to 9-year-old's abdominal ailment'". Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "'School bus perv gets 7-yr jail for molesting Jamnabai student'". Retrieved 30 July 2013.

Coordinates: 19°06′20″N 72°49′56″E / 19.1056°N 72.8322°E / 19.1056; 72.8322

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