The Bhawanipur Gujarati Education Society School

Coordinates: 22°32′10.76″N 88°20′52.39″E / 22.5363222°N 88.3478861°E / 22.5363222; 88.3478861
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The Bhawanipur Gujarati Education Society School (BES School), also popularly known by its old name, J. J. Ajmera High School, is a private,

K-12, school of Kolkata. The school is located in the Bhawanipur area of Kolkata.[1][2]

History

The J. J. Ajmera High School or the Bhawanipur Gujarati Education Society School was founded in 1928.[1][2] The Secondary School was founded in 1958 while the Higher Secondary School was founded in 1960. Later, the BES College was founded in 1966 by the Gujarati Society, Calcutta, which grew out of this school.[1][2][3][4]

Both the school and college were started by a privately owned trust started by a

Madhyamik
examinations for passing out.

Present day

However, since, 2002, the school is now open to the entire community and the medium of teaching is English; the second language offered has been changed to Hindi or Bengali. The teaching of the Gujarati language has been completely stopped. The School is a part of Bhawanipur Gujarati Education Society, which also operates one of the most popular colleges in Kolkata. The school is now affiliated to the ICSE Board, New Delhi and offers education right from primary to higher secondary, after which their students can select the stream for further studies in arts, science, commerce or fashion, which are offered by the Bhawanipur Education Society College, run by the same trust.[1][2][5] The school also has a Computer training Centre, which is a joint venture with Aptech.[1]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ a b c d e J J Ajmera High School , Kolkata, West Bengal, India
  2. ^ a b c d The Bhawanipur Gujarati Education Society College, Kolkata. Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ The Bhawanipur Gujarati Education Society School Archived 2011-08-26 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Indias Schools Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ The Bhawanipur Gujrati Education Society is among the few institutes that look into education in totality. Archived 2011-09-08 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ISBN 978-81-7167-071-0
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  7. ^ "The Rise of a Common Man: Dilip Shanghavi - KnowStartup". KnowStartup. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2018.

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