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SHRI SHIKSHAYATAN SCHOOL

PRINCIPAL’S ANNUAL REPORT 2019-2020

Academics: Board Results 2019 – 2020 (AISSE & AISSCE 2020)

Class X (AISSE 2020) – 302 students appeared in AISSE 2020. 302 students passed with 1st Division.

149 students scored above 90%. The names of the top three highest scorers are:

Sanjana Bhattacharjee – 99.2%

Ahana Gayen – 98.8%

Srija Ghosh – 98.6%

Details of securing 100 in a subject by the students:

English – 1

Bengali – 6

Mathematics – 6

Social Science – 4

Information Technology – 38

Class XII (AISSCE 2020) – 208 students appeared in AISSCE 2020. 207 students passed with

Distinction (75%). 119 students scored above 90%. The names of the highest scorers are:

Suhana Wasim – 98.0% (Humanities)

Sumaiya Shamim Kazi – 97.2% (Science)

Disha Tibrewal – 97.2% (Science)

Averi Sahoo – 97.2 % (Commerce)

ELOCUTION, DEBATE AND RECITATION

Sayantika Jaiswal and Shrestha B. Roy Chowdhury of Class XII participated in the LN Birla Debate.

Shri Shikshayatan Team was declared the Best Team

Ranjini Majumder and Shrishti Das, Class XI participated in ‘Tanjim 2019’ - Debate Competition by

Gokhale Memorial School and School secured 2nd position

Shreshtha Basu Roy Chowdhury and Ranjini Majumder, Class XII participated in HP Lohia

Memorial Debate by Abhinav Bharati High School and the School secured 2nd position

Students from Classes VI to VIII participated in Bengali Recitation Competition by Sri Aurobindo

Bhawan and Jagari Sengupta, Class VIII secured 1st position

Sampurna Paul and Madhuri Harlalka, Class XI participated in ‘Connections 2019’ - Elocution

Competition by Hariyana Vidyamandir and stood 1st and 2nd in Bengali and Hindi Elocution

respectively

Oindrila Deb, Class IX secured 1st position in Pragya 2019 - Drishyavibyakti by DPS Ruby Park

QUIZ AND ESSAY WRITING

Results (Mean) 2019 – 2020

AISSE 88.21

AISSCE 89.64

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Aradhana Prasad, Class XI and Suhana Wasim, Class XII participated in Essay Writing Competition

on Topic “Say No to Drugs Let’s Develop our Lives Communities without Drugs” by W.B. Excise

Department and stood 1st in the categories Hindi and English respectively

Students from Classes IX, X and XI participated in the Gandhi Quiz by West Bengal Committee on

account of 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi

Oindrila Roy, Class VII stood 1st in Anadamela - Creative Writing Competition by ABP Ltd

Komal Preet Kaur and Shramana Das Dutta, Class XI participated in Quiz on Environment by DPS

Ruby Park as a team and secured 2nd position

Suchetana Sen, Class VIII and Misa Haldar, Class IX participated as a team in Quiz on Pollution by

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and secured 3rd position

Students of Classes IX to XII participated in ‘ULLAS’ - Inter School Fest (Bengali Fest) by St.

Xavier’s School and Sampurna Pal, Class XI secured 3rd position in the category ‘Srijanshil Rachna'

Shrishti Chatterjee and Sara Ryhan, Class VI and Shubangi Biswas, Class VII participated in Saevus

Environment Quiz by Rotary Club as a team and secured 1st position

Aitijhya Das and Saranya Sarkar, Class VII and Shinjini Sarkar and Shreyashi Dutta, Class VIII

participated in Phool Mela - Environment Quiz Competition by URF Division W.B. Govt. as a team

and stood 3rd

Suchetana Sen and Shinjini Sarkar, Class VIII participated in Science Quiz by Seth Soorajmul Jalan

Balika Vidyalaya and as a team secured 1st position

Meghna Basu, Class IV and Aritee Sengupta and Srijita Saha, Class V secured 1st position in

Quaestio – Quiz Competition by Birla High School

DANCE AND SINGING

Shri Shikshayatan School stood 1st in Coalescence (Fusion Dance) and 2nd in Beat ‘O’ Blend (Fusion

Band) in ‘Jubilare’, an inter-school fest Jubilare

Shri Shikshayatan School stood 1st in Sadhin Swar (Eastern Music Vocal) and 2nd in Rock Army

(band competition) and Thrive and Jive (Dance competition) in the BSS Inter-School Fest

Shri Shikshayatan School stood 2nd in Bosco Raag Group and Bosco Beat Solo and stood 3rd in

Bosco Raag Instrumental, Bosco Raag Solo and Bosco Juke Box in the Inter-School Fest by Don

Bosco, Park Circus

Shri Shikshayatan School stood 1st in Band, 2nd in No Strings Attached and 3rd in Dance Competition

in the Inter-School Fest by Birla High School

In ‘Tanjim 2019’-Vocal Music Competition by Gokhale Memorial School, Parna Chatterjee of Class

XI stood 1st and received the best performer award

Shri Shikshayatan School secured 1st position in Patriotic Song Competition by Vidyanjali High

School

Shri Shikshayatan School stood 1st in Hindi and Sanskrit songs and also ranked 2nd in Bengali song in

National Group Song Competition by Bharat Bikash Parishad

Shri Shikshayatan School received 3rd prize in ‘MELISMA’ - Music Competition by Calcutta Girls’

High School

In TTIS Challenge, Shri Shikshayatan School secured 2nd position in Fusion Dance and Parna

Chatterjee, CLass XI secured 2nd position in Eastern Solo

Parna Chatterjee, Class XI participated in Bharat Sanskriti Singing Utsav by Bharat Sanskriti Utsav

2020 and stood 1st in Bhajan and Raagpradhan

PAINTING, POSTER, PROJECT MAKING AND OTHERS

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Shri Shikshayatan School hosted “Jubilare” Inter School Fest. 12 events were organized in the school

campus, 17 schools took part and Shri Shikshayatan School stood 1st in Tech-A-Maze (Robotics),

Colour Splash (Painting) and Web ‘O’ Doodle (Webpage Designing) and 2nd in Eclat (Fashion Show)

Chandrila Roy of Class IX and Rudrani Addya of Class VIII stood 1st in the Painting Competition by

the Rotary Club

Shri ShikshayatanSchool stood 3rd in Eureka (Science Activity) and Meri Pehchan (Slogan Writing)

in the Inter-School by the BSS School Fest

Chandrila Roy of Class X stood 1st in the Regional Level of My Water My Heritage - Drawing

Competition by Intach

Ashwika Singh, Class VIII stood 2nd in UCMAS Abacus State Level Competition

Ritu Vishwanath, Class VIII and Ananti Sen, Class VII participated in Pic a Tale - Power Point Story

Telling Competition by BDM International School and as a team stood 1st

Sneha Mukherjee and Poulami Das, Class VIII participated in Ikebana - Flower arrangement by BDM

International School and as a team stood 2nd

Shri Shikshayatan School stood 1st in the event Cultural Alley, 2nd in the event Add spoof and 3rd in

the event Vuca World in the Inter School Fest ‘Nirmaan 2019’ by Mahadevi Birla World Academy

Oindrila Deb and Oindrila Rana, Class IX participated in the West Bengal State Student Youth

Science Fair 2019 by West Bengal Kolkata Borough and secured 1st position

Abhilikha Dhara, Class XI stood 3rd in Photography Competition in the Inter School Cultural Meet

2019 – RIYAZ by Silver Point School

Chandrila Roy, Class X secured 3rd position in Painting Competition and Barsha, Class XII secured

3rd position in ‘Anugolpo' in ‘ULLAS’ - Inter School Fest (Bengali Fest) by St. Xavier’s School

Swastika De, Class VII secured 2nd position in T-Shirt Painting Competition by Alipore Zoo

Rudrani Addya, Class VIII secured 1st position in Cartoon Drawing and Ritu Viswkarma, Class VIII

secured 1st position in Creative Writing in TTIS Challenge Cartoon Drawing Competition

Kavya Mundhara, UKG and Madhura Basak, participated in the competition ‘The Pied Piper’ by The

BSS School and secured 3rd position in the event ‘Little Picasso’

Shri Shikshayatan School participated in Phool Mela, the team stood 2nd in Floral Decoration and

Model Exhibition and Nitika Gupta, Class II stood 2nd in Fancy Dress Competition

Titeer Bhar, Nandidni Sinha and Agamani Mukherjee, Class VII participated in Maths for Fun 2020

by Sakhawat Memorial Girls’ High School and secured second and third position respectively

Arundhuti Dey, Class V participated in Mitsubishi Asian Children’s Enikki Festa 2019 – 2020 (14th

cycle) by Confederation of UNESCO Clubs and Associations of India and won the competition

COMMUNITY SERVICE

School has been sending 50kgs of Rice and 20 kgs of Dal every month for the Mid - Day Meal of the

children of South Calcutta Inner Wheel, contributed by the students of classes LKG to V

School contributes around 150 Kgs of Masur Dal every month for the 100 students of Society 5-O,

donated by the students of classes VI to XII.

On the occasion of Rabindra Jayanti, School donated two computers, a set of 65 books and a cheque

of Rs 5000/- to Vivek Vihar Mission school.

Junior School donated Rice and dal to Inner Wheel School as part of the monthly donation in the

Annual Day Programme.

Ms. Dolan Chowdhury, Ms. Kavita Kothari, Ms. Madhu Kumari Singh, Ms. Piyali Roy Chowdhury

and Ms. Joyita Chowdhury visited the Bhantuali Ekal Vidyalaya, Falta and taught the children. The

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underprivileged children were handed over refreshments and stationeries contributed by the students

and teachers of Shri Shikshayatan School

Three students of Class XI along with two teachers attended Christmas Carnival at NGO, Society 5 O

Shri Shikshayatan School donated 30 desks and chairs to NGO, Universal Smile

Senior School contributed over 100kg masur dal to society 5-O, donated by the students on the

occasion of the Annual Prize Distribution Ceremony

As a part of the Joy of Giving Week, the teachers donated new clothes to the children of Punorjiban

Home and crèche under Hope Foundation. Students from classes 6 to 12 contributed stationery for the

whole academic year. The Children of Hope Foundation performed a short cultural programme.

The underprivileged children from UDBHAS participated in the Children's Day Programme with at

Shri Shikshayatan School. They received 2000 exercise books for the whole academic year and Story

Books for their school library.

The students of different Clubs of the Senior School along with their teachers visited the ' Little

Sisters of the Poor', an old age home, to hand over the home-made cakes for Christmas

On the Senior School Annual Sports Day, the children from the NGOs, Save the Children and Society

5-O’ participated in the events along with the students of classes VI to IX. The race winners received

medals, other students received handmade cards, exercise notebooks and stationery items

INTER HOUSE ACTIVITES

Students of Classes VI to XII participated in the Inter House Debate Competition in the school

auditorium where Group A spoke on ‘Technology has restricted creativity and originality in students’,

Group B spoke on ‘Examination held in school fail to judge the merit of a student School’, Group C

spoke on ‘Indian politics is the reason behind India’s financial breakdown’ and Group D spoke on

‘Social Media is the cause of decreasing intolerance’

Students from Classes VI to X participated in the Inter House Quiz Competition on theme ‘Music’.

Result of Group A (Classes VI, VII and VIII): Winner - Satavisha House (Participants –

Srishti Chatterjee, Class VI, Pratyasha Ghosh, Class VII and Suchetana Sen, Class VIII)

Result of Group B (Classes IX and X) was: Winner – Satavisha House (Participants –

Fiona Raj, Class IX, Kabyalekha Das, Class IX and Aishiki Guchhait, Class X)

Students from Classes VI to XII participated in Inter House Elocution Meet by Literacy Club in the

school auditorium

Students of Classes VI to XII took part in the Annual Inter-House Swimming Competition at the

School Swimming Pool on 24th September, 2019 and Vishakha House won the 1st position

Students of classes III, IV and V participated in the Inter House Quiz Competition on Mahatma

Gandhi by Gandhi 150 West Bengal in the School auditorium and Aritree Sengupta, Class 5,

Zunairah Firdausi, Class 4 and Dishita Agarwal, Class 3 of Arundhati House were the winners

Students of Classes III - V participated in the Inter House Quiz Competition in the School auditorium

and Vishakha house was the winner

Students of Class V participated in the Inter House Competition on ‘Hazards of Ozone Depletion’ and

Anushuya house was the winner

Students of Classes III, IV and V participated in the Inter House Quiz Competition on ‘Spell it right’

in the School Auditorium and Satavisha House was the winner

Students of Classes VI to IX participated in the Alpana Competition and Anusua House secured 1st

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Interhouse throwball and basket ball competitions held on the school ground and Classes VI to IX and

XI participated. Vishakha House won the championship for Basket ball and for throwball mixed

house won the championship

Students of Classes VI to X participated in the Math-E-Magician (Quiz contest). The results were:

Classes VI to VIII :1st position – Avani Goenka, Rajlakshmi Ray, Yashika Jain

Classes IX and X :1st position – Ahana Gayen, Prakriti Sengupta and Pritha Ghoshal

Students of Classes VI to X participated in the web designing competition ‘I ANIMATE’.

Class VI: 1st position– Disha Chakraborty and Swastika Mondal (Arundhati House)

Classes VII and VIII: 1st position– Shruti Jha and Vidushi Gupta, Class VIII (Anasuya

House)

Classes IX and X: 1st position – Sakshi Taparia, Class X and Eshna Sharma, Class IX

(Vishakha House)

FILM MAKING

Srijani Ghosh, Ahona De and Sanskriti Chaurasia, Class VIII participated in Film Presentation by

INTACH and presented four films from which School received award for Best Direction –

‘Rosogolla’ film and Best Cinematography – ‘East Kolkata Wetlands film’

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME

105 Irish students and 10 Irish mentors visited school on 23rd April, 2019 for International Inter

Cultural Exchange Programme

Ms. Tanusree Ghosh and Ms. Paramita Chaudhuri along with 14 students from Classes XI and XII

went to Landerneau, France from 19th May, 2019 to 31st May, 2019 as a part of Educational Exchange

Programme between Shri Shikshayatan School and Lycee – Saint Sebastian School

Fulbright US teachers Brittany Carton and Tammy Dunbar visited School from 8th July, 2019 to 13th

July, 2019 by IREX as a part of Educational Exchange Programme

Secretary General, Ms. Bratati Bhattacharyya, Principal, Ms. Sangeeta Tandon, Teacher, Ms.

Tanusree Ghosh, students Ananya Gope, Aliza Arshad, Class XII and Akansha Sengupta, Class XI

attended the International Conference on STEAM 2019 and GPS Award Ceremony in Hanoi,

Vietnam on 9th and 10th August, 2019

SCHOOL FUNCTIONS AND CELEBRATIONS

Earth Day was celebrated at the School Ground on 22nd April, 2019

Cookery and Health and Wellness Clubs organized Beat the Heat on 2nd May, 2019

The Investiture Ceremony of the Junior Section was held on 6th May, 2019 in the School auditorium

Rabindranath Tagore’s 158th Birth Anniversary on 8th May, 2019. Junior Section organized a cultural

programme in the School auditorium. Eminent Filmmaker, Ms. Pritha Chakraborty was present as the

Chief Guest. Senior School presented a cultural program in the morning assembly

Annual Prize Distribution for Classes III-V was held on 10th May, 2019. Ms. Minu Budhia, was the

Chief Guest

Students from Classes IX to XI celebrated International Yoga Day on 21st June, 2019 in the School

Annual Concert and Prize Distribution Ceremony held for Classes VI to XII (Session 2018 – 2019)

on 29th June, 2019. Prof. Mr. Arindam Banik, Director of International Management Institute and

Parents of Saumya Chandra, topper of AISSE-2019 graced the occasion as the Chief Guest and

Guests of Honour respectively

Investiture Ceremony for the Student council was held in the School Auditorium on 13th July, 2019

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The Junior Section, Senior Section and College together celebrated 73rd Independence Day at the

School Ground on 15th August, 2019

Students of the Junior and the Senior Section celebrated Teachers Day on 5th September, 2019

21 Clubs of Senior Section from Classes VI to X organized STEAM Exhibition on 26th and 27th

September, 2019

Reading Club of Senior Section alongwith students from Classes V to VIII of 32 schools of Kolkata

took part in the Literary Meet at Bhuwalka Hall and interacted with eminent writers Ms. Anita

Agnihotri, Ms. Shubhra Shah and Ms. Jash Sen on 30th September, 2019

Children’s day was celebrated by the Junior and the Senior Sections on 14th November, 2019

Classes VI to XII took part in the Annual Sports Meet at the School Ground on 21st December, 2019

Students of Classes LKG - II celebrated Christmas on 20th December, 2019

Foundation Day Celebration took place in the Bhuwalka Hall on 4th January, 2020 where awards for

Teaching Staff and Administrative Staff were given out for the Best Class Teacher, Innovative, Using

Technology in Imparting Education and100% Attendance. Dr. Chinmoy Guha, Ex-Vice Chancellor of

Rabindra Bharati University was the Chief Guest

Farwell for Class XII was organized in the Bhuwalka Hall on 22nd January, 2020

70th Republic Day celebration was held at the School Ground on 26th January, 2020

Students, teachers and staff celebrated Saraswati Puja on 29th January, 2020

Annual Sports meet for Classes III-V was held on 18th January, 2020. Mr. Jamshid Nassiri, ex Iranian

football player was the Chief Guest and Mr. Dilip Bandyopadhyay, Joint Commissioner of police was

the Guest of Honour

Prayer Service for Board Batches X and XII was held in the School Auditorium on 3rd February, 2020

Junior school celebrated Bhasha Dibosh in the School Auditorium on 20th February, 2020. Mr.

Bishambhar Newar, Director of TAZAA TV and the Chief Editor of a Hindi daily was the Chief

Guest. Mr. Zha Liyou, Consul General of Chinese Consulate in Kolkata was the Guest of Honour

Holi celebration was held in school on 6th March, 2020. Academic and Administrative staff

participated in the programme

Women's Day celebration was held on 12th March, 2020, the teachers of senior section put up a

cultural programme

EXCURSION

Thirteen students from Class XI went for an Entrepreneurship Field Visit at Kothari Processors

Private Ltd., Shankrail Industrial Park, Dhulagori for CBSE Class XI Entrepreneurship field trip

Twenty students from Classes VI to XI along with Principal and staff went to Europe for the

educatioinal excursion organized by EdTerra Edventures

Students of Nature Club went for Bird watching at Santragachi Jheel

Staff picnic was held at Calcutta Business School on 1st February, 2020

Students of Classes IV and V went for an Educational tour to Galudih-Ghatshila

SPORTS AND GAMES

CHESS –

Shri Shikshayatan School hosted “Jubilare” Inter School Fest. 12 events were organized in the

school campus, 17 schools took part and Shri Shikshayatan School stood 1st in Mind Game

(Chess)

Mehendi Sil, Class IX stood 2nd in State Sub-Junior Chess Competition organized by West

Bengal Chess Association

Samriddhaa Ghosh, Class XII stood 1st and Sudipa Haldar, Class XI stood 4th in State Level 11

– 17 Chess Competition organized by Bengal Chess Association

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Samriddhaa Ghosh, Class XII, Sudipa Haldar, Class XI, Srijita Sarkar and Mehendi Sil, Class

IX stood 1st in ABHIGRAHA -Chess Competition organized by Sri Sri Academy

Sudipa Haldar, Class XI stood 2nd, Mehendi Sil, Class IX stood 3rd, Samriddhaa Ghosh, Class

XII stood 7th and Srijita Sarkar, Class IX stood 10th in State Women’s Chess Competition

organized by Kolkata Chess Association

Samriddhaa Ghosh of Class XII stood 1st in the National Under 17 Girls - Chess

Championshiop 2019 by Four Queens Chess Club in Collaboration with Kerala Chess

Association and received certificate, trophy and cheque worth Rs.25000/- and also has been

selected to represent India in Asian Youth 2020 and World Youth 2020

School stood 1st in Bosco Chess in the Inter-School Fest by Don Bosco, Park Circus

Yash Jyoti Bir, Mehendi Sil, Sudipa Haldar and Samriddhha Ghosh, Classes VIII, IX, XI and

XII participated in CBSE Cluster II Chess Championship (Regional Round) at Guwahati,

Assam and secured 1st position as well as selected for CBSE National Chess Championship

Yashjyoti Bir, Class VIII, Mehendi Sil, Class IX, Sudipa Haldar, Class XI and Samriddhha

Ghosh, Class XII participated in CBSE National CHESS Championship (Final Round) at

Mount Abu School, New Delhi and secured 1st position

Shri Shikshayatan School team secured 3rd position in Inter School Chess Competition by

Garden High School

Yash Jyoti Bir, Class VIII participated in Inter-School Chess Competition by Future

Foundation and secured 3rd position

Tiyasha Halder, IV F participated in Under 9 girls’ chess championship 2019 by SDDM Sports

Academy (Chess division) and secured 1st position

Tiyasha Halder, IV F participated in Chess Championship by West Bengal Fide Rated and

secured 2nd position

SWIMMING –

Abhilasha Shaw, Class X participated in All Bengal Swimming Meet 2019 by All Bengal

Swimming Association and stood 1st in 50-meter back stroke, free style, breast stroke and

individual 200-meter medley and 2nd in 50-meter butterfly stroke and 100-meter freestyle

Abhilasha Shaw, Class X and Sushmita Saha, Class VII participated in Inter School Swimming

Competition by Asian International School and stood 1st in 25-meter back stroke and 25-meter

butterfly stroke and stood 2nd in 25-meter Free Style and 25-meter Back Stroke respectively

School stood 3rd in swimming in Sports Competition by Delhi Public School, Howrah

TABLE TENNIS –

Roshmita Paul, Class VIII participated in Table Tennis Tournament by Nabin Sangha and

secured 2nd position in Girls Under 14 Category

Students from Classes VI to X participated in the CBSE Far East Zone Table Tennis, Cluster

II where Alolika Sen, Class VI won bronze medal in individual

Rashmita Paul, Class VIII participated in Inter Club Table Tennis Tournament by Gari

Srirampur Kalayani Samity and secured 2nd position

Shrayashe Bandyopadhyay, Class V participated in Under 12 years & Under 15 years Table

Tennis Championship by Howrah Yuvak Sangha and secured the 1st position in both the

categories

Kaushani Paul, Class IV participated in Under 10 and Under 12 years Table Tennis

Championship by Howrah Yuvak Sangha and child stood 1st in under 10 and 2nd in under 12

categories

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KARATE –

Students from Classes VI to XI participated in the 5th International Karate Championship by

Global Seishinkai Karate Do Federation .Debopriya Dey, Class VI won Bronze, Srija

Srivastava, Tanya Singh and Aditi Prasad, Class VII won Bronze, Swastika Paul, Class VIII

won Gold and Silver, Aastha Prasad and Ehsas Singh, Class VIII won Silver, Jagriti Rudra,

Akshiti Baunawal, Sana Paul and Priya Jaiswal, Class VIII won Bronze, Uma Roy, Class X

won Silver and Bronze, Khusbu Agarwal, Class XI won Silver and Bronze and Tinny Sarkar

and Shruti Agarwal, Class XI won Bronze medals

Swastika Paul, Class VIII participated in Karate SGFI by Narkeldanga High School and won a

gold medal

Khushbu Agarwal and Shruti Agarwal, Class XI participated in 12th Howrah District Karate

Championship and Selection for KAB State Selection for KAI by Howrah Sports Karate Do

Association where Khushbu Agarwal won Gold and Silver medals and Shruti Agarwal won a

Bronze medal

Chandralekha Saha, Class VII participated in District TEAKWONDO Championship by North

24 PGNS TEAKWONDO Championship and received a gold medal in POOMSEA

Swastika Paul, Class VIII participated in 65th National Games - Under - 17 Girls Fight

(Kumite Karate) by School Games Federation of India and received a bronze medal

Khushbu Agarwal, Tinny Sarkar and Shruti Agarwal, Class XI participated in 18th All India

Inter School and Senior Karate Championship Federation Cup by All India Seishinkai Shito

Ryu Karate Do Federation where Khushbu Agarwal received 2 Gold and 1 silver medals,

Tinny Sarkar received 2 silver and 1 bronze medals and Shruti Agarwal received 1 bronze and

1 silver medals

Uma Roy, Class X participated in South 24 Parganas. District Karate Do Championship –

2019 by South 24 Parganas Karate Do Association and stood 1st in Individual Kumite and 3rd

in Individual Kata

Divyanshi Panda, Class VI participated in 28th Open International Karate Championship 2019

by Indian Sports Shatokan Karate Association and stood 3rd in 12 years individual Kata

Five students from Classes VII to XI participated in 6th ALSOC Inter School Karate

Championship by All India Seishinkai Shito-Ryu Karate Do Federation and Khusbu Agarwal,

Class XI received double Gold medals, Swastika Pal, Class VIII received Silver medal, Tinny

Srakar, Class XI received Silver and Bronze medals and Sreeja Srivastava, Class VII and

Shruti Agarwal, Class XI received Bronze medals

Khushbu Agarwal, Tinny Sarkar and Shruti Agarwal, Class XI participated in Karate Black

Belt Examination by Shito Ryu Karate Do Federation and both received Black Belts

Porshia Munshi, Class IV participated in Inter School Co- scholastic competition by Future

Foundation School and won silver medal in Karate competition (Kata)

Akshaine Barman, Class III participated in KKI Cup National Level Full Contact Karate

Championship Category – 8 – 10 years’ girls and secured 2nd position in under 8 and 1st

position in under 10 categories

Sprehaa Chowdhury, Roshni Nayak and Manasi Somani, Class V participated in All India

Seishinko Sheto by Ryu Karate Do Federation and secured the 3rd position

Arushi Banerjee, Class IV participated in 6th Sikki Inter School and Sr. Karate Championship,

in Category 9 years 30 kgs placed 3rd and in Kata secured the 1st position

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Muskan Agarwala, Class V participated in North 24 pgs Wado Kai Karate Championship

2020 category – Kumite and Kata – Karate Championship by West Bangal Wado Kai Karate

Association and stood 1st in the championship and 3rd in the event

Porshia Munshi, Class IV participated in 10th Bijoy Krishna Memorial Karate Championship

Karate Competition by Seishinkai Academy of Martial Arts Approved by All Indian

Seishinkai Shito- Ryu Karate Do Federation and received a gold and a silver medal and also

got the black belt

BADMINTON –

Ahana Dhar, Class VIII stood 1st in Under -15-Girls Doubles Badminton Tournament and 3rd in

Under -17- Mixed Doubles Badminton Tournament organized by West Bengal Badminton

Association, Kolkata

Ahana Dhar, Class VIII participated in Badminton Championship - Under14 Category by

School Games Federation of India and secured 1st position in Group Championship and Runner

up in Individual Category

ROWING –

Anoushka Basu, Class VIII stood 1st in the category Girls’ Sculling in The End of Seasons

Regatta by Calcutta Rowing Club

Anoushka Basu, Class VIII participated in 78th ARAE FEARA - South East Asian Club

Championship - Sub Juniper Girls, Single Scull by Bengal Rowing Club and secured 1st

position and a gold medal

Anoushka Basu, Class VIII participated in 7th Netaji Subhas State Games - Women’s Single

Scull (open) Rowing Competition by 7th Netaji Subhas State Games and stood 2nd and received

silver medal

Anoushka Basu, Class VIII participated in 78th ARAE FEARA - South East Asian Club

Championship - Sub Juniper Girls, Single Scull by Bengal Rowing Club and secured 1st

position and a gold medal

RELAY – School secured 2nd position in relay in the Annual Sports HUB of Learning by Gokhale

Memorial Girls School

YOGA – Debdutta Chanda, Class VI participated in Inter School Yoga Competition by State Institute

of Physical Education and secured 2nd position

LAWN TENNIS –Shri Shikshayatan School stood 1st in Lawn Tennis Competition in the Inter-

School Fest by Birla High School

CAROM –School stood 1st in Carom Competition in the Inter-School Fest by Birla High School

BILLIARDS – School stood 2nd in Billiards Competition in the Inter-School Fest by BHS

BASKETBALL – School stood 2nd in Basketball Competition in the Inter-School Fest by BHS

BOWLING – School stood 3rd in Bowling Competition in the Inter-School Fest by BHS

SKATING – Zehra Ahmed, Class V participated in Speed Roller Skating Championship (11-

14years) by BSU Skating Academy and secured 1st position in Quads Category

FOOTBALL & DODGEBALL – School stood first in football and second in dodgeball in Sports

Competition by Delhi Public School, Howrah

LAWN BOWL – Amrita Kumari, Class V participated in Lawn Bowl in Under 21 Mixed

pair event by Khelo India Youth Games 2020 and stood 3rd in the event

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EXHIBITIONS AND WORKSHOPS

Five students from Classes VI and VIII along with two teachers attended a workshop ‘In

Conversation with Ruskin Bond’ by My ELSA at Bhawanipur Education Society College

Shrestha Basu, Class XII was a student speaker at The Annual Education Conference by The

Bengal Chamber of Commerce

Class IX students attended a workshop ‘Success Mantra by Mr. MJ Rajesh Fernando’ by Aakash

Institute in the school auditorium

Two students from Class IX attended a Talk on Emerging Technologies by Oxford Bookstore

Five students from Class XII attended a Workshop on Gender discrimination – ‘Bridging the

Gap: Social Action Lab Finale’ by US Consulate

Five students from Class VIII attended INTACH workshop by Filmit India

Three students from Class IX attended an Interactive Session on Indian Philosophy and

Mythology with eminent author Mr. Ashwin Sanghvi by Mahadevi Birla World Academy

Forty-Seven students from Classes VI to VIII attended a workshop ‘Magic of my School’ by

Bichitra Pathshala in the Multipurpose Hall

Twenty-nine students from Class XII attended a Lecture on Chandrayaan 2 by BITM

Forty-four students of Class XI attended IISF Science EXPO by IISF

Two students from Class VIII attended 'Creative Writing Workshop' by the National Library

All students of Classes VI and VII attended Health and Hygiene Workshop by Global Hunt in the

School Auditorium

Eleven students from Classes XI and XII attended International Relations Conference by DPS

Ruby Park

Three students of Class VII attended Art and Craft Exhibition by South Point High School

Twenty students of Class XI attended a Panel discussion on climate change by LaMartiniere for

Boys

Eight students of Classes III to V attended a ‘Theatre Workshop’ at MBWA by Ms. Dana Roy

Fifteen students of Class VIII - Nature Club attended No Honking Drive by Traffic Guard,

Kolkata Police, South Division

One student of Class VII attended a Workshop on Artificial Intelligence by CBSE

CAREER COUNSELLING WORKSHOPS

Class XII attended a two-day Career Counseling Session in the Bhuwalka Hall for career options

in India and abroad in Science, Media, Sports, Law, Design, Banking Sector, Liberal Arts and

Company Secretary

Class XII attended a Career Counseling session conducted by the Professor of University of

Wollongong, Australia

Students of Class XI attended a Career Counseling session in the School Auditorium by Mr. Peter

Stevens - Executive Director, University of South Australia

Students of Classes XI and XII attended a Career Counseling session by Prof. Padmanabha

Ramanujan, Consulting Advisor, LSAC in the School auditorium

Students of Class XI attended a Career Counseling Session by OP Jindal University in the School

auditorium

The career counseling for class X was conducted in collaboration with Career DNA. The students

appeared for a psychometric test conducted in school. The career experts gave a report on the test

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and counselled the students as a group. Many students along with their parents availed the

individual counselling too

WORKSHOPS, FUNCTIONS AND SEMINARS ATTENDED BY THE HEADS OF THE

INSTITUTION, ACADEMIC FACULTY AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Workshops/Programmes attended by the Heads of the Institution:

By CBSE - Principals’Sahodaya Meetings, Kolkata chapter, IBM-CBSE AI for Grade 11 &

12 Program, 25th National Annual Sahodaya Conference in Delhi, Principals’ Hub of

Learning meetings

By The British Council - ‘How to successfully work remotely’, ‘From teaching and

educating to learning’, D-I-Y Power Tools for Managers

By CII – Higher Education Conclave: ‘Disruptive Innovation in Higher Education’, Fifth

Edition of CII School Excellence Conclave: Innovating Education & Educating Innovation

By The Bengal Chamber of Commerce – The Annual Education Conference – “21st

Century Realities and Learning --- Creating more Polymaths”

By Other Schools/Colleges/Institutions –

‘An Evening with Ruskin Bond’ by My ELSA

‘Lead the Way Conclave’ by Ashok Hall Group of Schools

Valedictory Function at Sushila Birla Girls School

The second edition of the Choose France Tour 2019, a fair dedicated to the

promotion of higher education in France by French Institute in India, Embassy of

France

20th Children’s Annual Education and Cultural celebration- " The Power of

Humanity " by Hope Foundation, Kolkata

Career Guidance Programme by Pearl Academy

Principal’s Seminar by Times NIE in association with Vellore Institute of

Technology

Kate Lai Roy interpretation of the musical The Little Mermaid by Mahadevi Birla

World Academy

‘Meet and Greet’session by Consulate Général de France à Calcutta

Educators Meet on Human Values in Higher Education by Sister Nivedita University

in association with All India Council of Technical Education

Regional Summit of School Principals by ICTRC

2nd Global Summit on Education by GEIST

70th Year celebration of The BSS School

Chinese National Day Celebration by Chinese Consul

Annual Day Celebration of IIHM

“Artificial Intelligence: Unleashing the Leadership Potential” by St. Xavier’s College

Teachers from Senior and Junior Sections attended the following workshops by CBSE,

Centre of Excellence: Economics, Inclusion and Inclusive Education, Science, English

Literature and Language, English Core (Class XII), Career Guidance, Stress management,

Classroom Management, Gender Sensitivity, Life Skill, Skill Course on Mass Media, Khelo

India, IBM-CBSE AI for Grade 11 & 12 Program, Hindi and Mathematics

Workshops by The British Council: Professional Development, Core Skill, ‘Trainer

Relearning Today – For Learners of Tomorrow’, ‘The 9th Habit’, ‘How to successfully work

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remotely’, ‘From teaching and educating to learning’, Annual Education Conference 2019,

Shakespeare Day, ISA Meeting

Workshops/programmes by CII: Mission and Profit - What is balance - Digital Marketing,

Fifth Edition of CII School Excellence Conclave: Innovating Education & Educating

Innovation, ‘Social entrepreneurship conclave’

Workshops by The Teachers’ Centre: "Imagination and interest in Geography",

Understanding Trauma and Sexual exploitation in digital era, Chemistry, ‘Establishing

Desirable Ethical Standards in School Today’, ‘Teaching history like a historian’, ‘Cinema in

Classrom’, Teaching History like a Historian

Workshops by BITM: Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Physics

Workshops by The Oxford University Press: Effective English Language Teaching (ELT),

Story telling, ‘Pre- Primary’, ‘Wild Life Tales’, The Creative Arts, ‘From Italy with Love’,

Bapu’s Experiment with Food

Workshops/programmes by The Indian Chamber of Commerce and The Bengal

Chamber of Commerce:

The Inaugural session of Emergency Awareness Initiative by the Indian Chamber of

Commerce

Management of Mental and Developmental Disorders by Indian Chamber of Commerce

The Annual Education Conference – “21st Century Realities and Learning --- Creating more

Polymaths” by The Bengal Chamber

Workshops/programmes by Other Schools and Institutions:

Bengali Workshop, Hindi Diwas Samaroh, Sammilan - Srijanatmak Lekhan by Madhuban

Publisher

Librarian's Meet by The Penguin Publisher

Creative Writing Workshop - TRIBE by Pen Paper Dreams

“Shaping the way we teach English in the 21st Century” by Pearson

Bengali Software Demo by Do Book World

Annual Teachers’ Symposiums by London School of Economics at Indus Valley World

School

Awakened Citizen Programme by Ramkrishna Mission, Golpark

Awareness Programme on Stress Management and Performance Enhancement by OP Jindal

Dr. B.G. Pitre Workshop by Satya Sai Centre, Dharmashetra, Mumbai to inculcate human

values, creativity, understand social heredity and ancient culture, science of learning,

guidance in schools’ experience co-curricular activities and all round spiritual development

‘Lead the Way Conclave’ by Ashok Hall Group of Schools

‘Green Ivory’ - An Exhibition on Shola Craft of Bengal by the Consulate General of the

Federal Republic of Germany at ICCR

Issues and remedies relating to physical and emotional abuse of children by The TOI

‘Pickle Factory Preludes – The Philosophy and Technique of American Modern Dance’ by

Goethe Institute

Formal Inauguration of a Montessori ‘Little Bright Stars Play School’ and a panel discussion

on ‘Changing Pattern of Preschool Learning’ at Taj Bengal

‘Meaningful Pedagogical practices in Mathematics’ by Jodogyan

‘The Magic Carpet’ by Bharati Bhawan

2nd Global Summit on Education by GEIST

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Dare2Dream - A Youth Camp by Chinmaya Yuva Kendra

Importance of Values and Value Based Education by Chinmaya Mission

Workshop by Great Place to Study, an education research and technology firm

“Artificial Intelligence: Unleashing the Leadership Potential” by St. Xavier’s College

A sharing session for children with special needs - HUB Schools Activity by SBGS

Craft workshops, Cement planter and Paper quilting conducted by Ms. Somya Chaktaborty

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS

AWARDS RECEIVED BY SHRI SHIKSHAYATAN SCHOOL

Shri Shikshayatan School received ‘The Williamson Magor Education Trust Award for

Excellence in Extra-Curricular Activities’. The school received a trophy by the Telegraph

Foundation

Shri Shikshayatan School received a Special Honour Certificate ‘Ambuja Neotia Award for

Excellence in Maintenance and Eco-Friendly Initiatives’ in the Telegraph School Award by

The Telegraph Foundation

Shri Shikshayatan School received the Honour certificate ‘IIHM Award for Excellence in

Academics (CBSE)’

Shri Shikshayatan School received the Certificate of Appreciation - The Anand Paul Memorial

Award for Social Service’

Shri Shikshayatan School received the prestigious Best GPS (GEIST Partner School) Award

from GEIST (Global Educators Imitative for Sustainable Transformation) at the International

Conference on STEAM 2019 and GPS Award Ceremony in Hanoi, Vietnam on 9th and 10th

August, 2019.

AWARDS RECEIVED BY STUDENTS

Sunidha Singh and Shruti Khator, Class XII received Ram Avatar Gupt Pratibha Puraskar for

being high achievers in Pre-Board Exam and Tripti Singh, Class X received Ram Avatar Gupt

Pratibha Puraskar for being one of the best 10 students in Hindi in AISSE 2019 by Sanmarg

Saumya Chandra, Madhurima Mukherjee and Sreetama Kundu, Toppers of AISSE 2019 and

Ankana Ray, Hrishita Bagaria and Adrija Chakraborty, Toppers of AISSCE 2019 received

Times Edushine Award, Chandrila Roy, Class X and Sweta Gupta, Class XII received Times

Futureshine Award in Extra- Curricular category and Vanshika Jaiswal, Khushi Choudhary,

Class X and Shruti Chaurasia, Class XII received Times Futureshine Award in Environmental

Concerns category by Times of India

Saumya Chandra, Madhurima Mukherjee and Sreetama Kundu, Class XI stood 1st, 2nd and 3rd

respectively in AISSE 2019 received awards, medal and cash prize worth Rs.5000/- each from

the Governor of West Bengal in the Felicitation Programme by All India Marwari Mahila

Samity

AISSCE - 2019 Top ten students of Science, Commerce and Humanities received Medha

Samman by Taaza TV

Samriddhaa Ghosh, Class XII received the Honour Certificate in the Individual Category for

Outstanding Talent in Sports (Chess) in the Telegraph School Award by The Telegraph

Foundation

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Ms. Kasturi Rarhi received Student of the Year Award (2019 - 2020) at Sankalp Education

Award Ceremony by Sankalp Education Foundation

Debadrita Banerjee, Class IV secured 1st position in Class and 2nd State Rank and 27th

Olympiad Rank in the International Olympiad English Language 2019

Ms. Samriddha Ghosh, Class XII was felicitated for outstanding contribution in chess by The

Fit Expo in association with Mindspace Ventures

Aliza Arshad, Class XII was awarded the Champion for Category 4 (Grade 11 - 12) in the

International Competition titled " International Olympiad on English Language & Leadership"

by GEIST International Foundation for its partner school students worldwide at Hanoi,

Vietnam

AWARDS RECEIVED BY HEADS OF THE INSTITUTION & ACADEMIC

FACULTY

Secretary General, Ms. Bratati Bhattacharyya was felicitated for ‘Excellence in Education and

Management of Institutions’ by Legal Aid. The programme was held at Bhuwalka Hall

Principal, Ms. Sangeeta Tandon received the ‘Principal of the Year’ award at Gurukul Awards

held at Vidya Mandir Auditorium

Principal, Ms. Sangeeta Tandon was awarded ‘The Inspiring Best Teacher Award' by Bodhi

Bhavan

Principal, Ms. Sangeeta Tandon received ‘Prerna Samman’ on International Women’s Day by

Akhil Bhartiya Terapanth Mahila Mandal

Principal, Ms. Sangeeta Tandon was felicitated by the Hope Foundation, Kolkata for

community service

Principal, Ms. Sangeeta Tandon, Ms. Susmita Panda (Art) and Mr. Sukanta Chatterjee (P .E.)

were felicitated by Sanmarg and Tanishq on the occasion of Teacher’s Day

Ms. Sushma Jaiswal received the Best Teacher’s Award in Art and Craft at the SCL Rhythms

Artistry Award by SCL Rhythms Research Centre

Ms. Susmita Sil and Ms. Ravneet Khurana received Times Edushine Award for mentoring the

Board students by the Times of India

Ms. Soma Banerjee received ‘Outstanding Biology Teacher’ award by I-Lead

Ms. Tanusree Ghosh received ‘Teacher par Excellence’ award on the occasion of Teacher’s

Day by IIHM