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Barrackpore Government High School is situated on B.T. Road near Talpukur in Barrackpore, India and was established in 1837. Until recently it was believed that the school was established by Emily Eden. However research gives credit to her elder brother George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland the then Governor-General of India. He opened and ran the school at his own expense. The school continues to run from the old heritage building which is strikingly reminiscent of an old Christian church of British architecture. The school has been referred as Eden School, Vice-regal School, Viceroy’s Park School, Governor’s School, Barrackpore Government Park School in government archives, newspapers and journals. The school is now referred as Barrackpore Government School or Barrackpore Government High School. ==The beginning== The school was set up to teach English to the impoverished children of the local Bengali neighborhoods. The school started with a handful of local boys. The Earl was so enthusiastic about the school that he used to distribute pens, books, papers for free amongst the enrolled pupils. He arranged a stipend for the advanced students who are able to teach the beginners so that economically backward families would be encouraged to send their children to the school. Caste discrimination had no place in Lord Auckland’s school where all the boys had to study together irrespective of their caste and creed which was very exceptional considering the time. Lord Auckland hired teachers from Calcutta and across Bengal at his own expense to give education of the finest quality. Among them the name of Rashik Lal Sen is worthy to mention who was also the first head master of the school. The school started at the south east corner of the erstwhile Barrackpore Park (now famous as Latbagan). His sister Emily Eden was also enthusiastic about her brother’s school. She writes ''‘George’s new school has been open this last fortnight and some of the little native boys already read a fable in one syllable. It is astonishing how quick they are when they choose to learn.’'' –Letter dated 26 March 1837, Barrackpore, 'Letters from India' By Emily Eden, Vol – 1, page -338 Edited by her niece Eleanor Eden, November 1871, Published by Richard Bentely & Sons, London, 1872. Ex-students of the school have researched the subject and it seems that the school was set up in March of 1837. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barrackpore Government High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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