Desouza's School, Rourkela
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| Location | |
[[Rourkela], [sector-2],[Hill Rd]] | |
| Coordinates | 22°14′22″N 84°52′54″E / 22.2395°N 84.8816°ECoordinates: 22°14′22″N 84°52′54″E / 22.2395°N 84.8816°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed. |
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| Type | |
| Motto | "Born for greater things" |
| Established | 1958 |
| School district | Sundergarh |
| Chairperson | Mr. Alexander DeSouza and Mrs. Annabell DeSouza |
| Principal | Mr. Alexander DeSouza[1] |
| Staff | 80 approx |
| Number of students | 4,000 |
| Classes | Pre-nursery to class XII |
| Campus | One acre |
| Affiliation | Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations |
Desouza's School is a private Indian school in Sector-2 of Rourkela, Odisha. Established in 1958, it is affiliated to the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) and the Indian School Certificate (ISC).
In the heart of the Durgapur Hills of the Chota Nagpur Plateau, the school was a private initiative by academician Anne DeSouza and armyman Captain John A. DeSouza.
Courses
The school offers kindergarten, primary, middle and secondary education. With Classes I to XII having science and commerce course streams at the senior secondary level, the school prepares students for the ICSE and ISC examinations.
The school has a primary resource room, science laboratories, computer rooms with television, LCD and overhead projector facilities, playgrounds and gardens, and a library.
Facilities
The student facilities include:
- science labs with the latest scientific appliances in the labs of physics, chemistry and biology. It has the best chemistry lab in Rourkela among all the schools.[citation needed]
- computer labs with latest trends and technologies
- an audiovisual room for presentation of subjects using LCD projectors and latest-edition educational CDs and DVDs
- an auditorium that has a seating capacity of nearly 800 people
Co-curricular activities
- value education with orientation sessions
- extracurricular activities include music, painting and drawing, debates, elocution, quizzes, and classical dance for the overall development of students' learning processes
- National Cadet Corps — under the 9th Odisha Battalion — provides qualities of leadership and discipline in the students (cadets attend camps to improve their skills)
Campus
The school is on a six-acre campus at the foot of the hills of Sector-2 and is near Indira Gandhi Park, Gayatri Temple and Sushilavati Government Women's College.
See also
References
- ↑ Staff (undated). "Executive Committee Members". Association of Odisha ICSE Schools. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Desouza's English Medium School, Rourkela. |
- Desouza's School in Google Map.
- Desouza's School on Wikimapia
- School Prospectus
- Desouza's School lifted the Open School Football Trophy
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