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The Scottish Church Collegiate School is a boys' school in north Kolkata, West Bengal having a history of more than 180 years. The school was founded in 1830 by Alexander Duff, who came to Calcutta as the first missionary of the Church of Scotland to India. The Scottish Church Collegiate School is affiliated with the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education, and the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education for the secondary & higher secondary school examinations respectively. The school functions under the Governing Body of Diocesan Schools, the Diocesan Board of Education and the Church of North India.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thescottishchurchschool.com/index.php/tsccs-gov-body )〕 ==History== The Scottish Church Collegiate School is one of the oldest continuously running Christian school in the country. Being a premier seat of education in West Bengal, the Scottish Church Collegiate school has been consistently highly rated by academicians. The Scottish Church Collegiate School is an institution, which is better known for its academic standards, and its intellectual milieu. The Scottish Church Collegiate School (both English & Bengali Medium) is a boys' school in north Kolkata, West Bengal having a history of more than 185 years. The school was founded in 1830 by Alexander Duff, who came to Calcutta as the first missionary of the Church of Scotland to India. The Scottish Church Collegiate School is affiliated with the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education, and the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education for the secondary & higher secondary school examinations respectively. Due to rise in number of the students the school was shifted to a palatial building, on the Nimtala Ghat Street (Now Jorabagan police station) and continued there till March 1844. After that the school was again shifted to Cornwallis Square (now Urquhart Square). In 1910 the school was finally transferred and settled in the newly erected building on the Cornwallis Street. In its centenary year it was renamed as "The Scottish Church Collegiate School". A building was later built on the play ground at Roy Bagan Street, besides the main building. This building was further enlarged in 1958 and later named as "Hensman Block" after the then headmaster J.C. Hensman. The Junior Section of the school (both English & Bengali Medium) functions from 6.30 am till 10.30 am.Shri Anish Mondal, is the Teacher-in- Charge of this section. The primary section of the school began its function in 1950 at the St. Andrew’s House on Beadon Street (near manicktala market). Previously, it had been used the premises as hostel for outstation students. The Governing Body of the school under the guidance of the President, Right.Rev.Ashoke Biswas, the Bishop of Kolkata, started the Pre-Primary Section after the current headmaster Mr.Bivash Saniel joined the school. The new English medium pre-primary section has started functioning in the St. Andrews House from the academic session 2012-13.Shri Amitava Pal is the Head Teacher of the Primary (Day) & the Pre-Primary Section (Day). The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has marked the main premises of the school as a Grade-1 heritage building. ==Notable alumni== * Lal Behari Dey, religious leader * Turiyananda, religious leader * Dhan Gopal Mukerji, writer * Bijoy Chandra Sarbadhikari, cricket commentator and journalist * Badal Sarkar, dramatist and theater director * Moti Nandi, writer * Manna Dey, playback singer * Anindya Chatterjee, singer, lyricist and composer * Bikash Sinha, physicist * Ashoke Sen, physicist * Surya Shekhar Ganguly, chess player * Sayantan Das, chess player * Dulal Lahiri, film and television actor * Arin Paul, filmmaker and writer * Silajit Majumder, singer, songwriter and actor * Subhasish Mukhopadhyay, film actor 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「Scottish Church Collegiate School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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