History
KANCHRAPARA H. E. SCHOOL MAGAZINE.
Year 2. AUTUMN 1951.
About Ourselves.
By the grace of the Almighty, our school has entered into the third year of its life. During this short existence she has been advancing along the path to improvement, in slow but steady strides. The roll-strength has considerably- increased, the proposed school building with brick-walls and corrugated iron-sheet roofing has been partially competed, furniture and the library have been improved, the old rooms have been provided with ceilings and a puma latrine and two urinals have been set up. The Girl•' H. B. School which was started B 1950, is now a full-fledged institution with a roll-strength of about 250 pupils and with a complete staff consisting of a B. T., Headmistress, a B. T., a.. Headmistress, two lady graduates, one lady under-graduate and one B. A. plucked, Kavyatirtha, Head-pandit. The school has been inspected by the Chief Inspector of Schools and we expect to obtain recognition for the Girls' School before the expiry of the current session.
We note with a deep sense of sorrow that Sri S. N. Dutta, the founder Secretary to the school, has resigned his office as Secretary on account of his transfer from Kanchrapara. For the last few months, he has not been able to look into the affairs of the school. as carefully as he would, from a distance, and therefore, has handed over the charge to some local enthusiast. We have, how-ever, this much pleasure and consolation that Sri Datta has retained his membership of the committee and has promised to guide the affairs of the school by his wise counsel, from time to time. We extend our sincere congratulations to Sri Datta on his promotion to the rank of Assistant works manager which was long overdue for him and we wish him a happy career.
We welcome Sri Makhan Lal Chakravarty, our new Secretary and offer our hearty congratulations of his election as such. The choice of the committee has fallen on the right person. He is a worthy successor of his illustrious predecessor. He has been taking very keen interest in the welfare of the school and attending the construction of the school building, almost every morning and evening, even at a sacrifice of his personal interest. It is due to his herculean efforts that the construction work has been progressing so rapidly and satisfactorily. In this respect Sri Chakravarty is being assisted by Sri Bireswar Das who has been serving the institution as one of its members from its very birth. Sri Madan Mohan Das also has been rendering valuable services to the school and Sri Nirapada Roy.
It is a matter of deep regret that Sri B. N. Mustafi, M. B., been resigned his membership of the school-committee. He is one of the founders of the school and took very affectionate interest in its welfare. He is the busiest medical practitioner of the town and his preoccupations prevented him from attending to the affairs of the institution, for some time past. This is why he tendered his resignation. Though out of the committee, he cherishes great love for the school mid is never failing in his wise counsel to it, whenever any is needed. Dr. Mustafi paid Rs. 250/- as the first installment of his promised donation of Rs 1000/- to the building fund of the school. Sri U. V. Chatterjee, President of the committee pool Rs. 10I/- and Sri Gosto Behari Naudy, member, paid Re. 200/- as donations to the building fund. We extend our grateful thanks to these donors. Other donations have deer acknowledged elsewhere. 5 We note with a sense of sorrow, the departure of the following members tel the teaching staff of the school, from amongest us.
They left the school to join the services of other institutions.. we miss their company very much., but we congratulate them. We wish them good luck.
1. Sri Naresh Ch. Ghost, B.A. Hons: B. T., B. L..
2. Sri Dhireadra Kumar Moitra, M. A., B. T.
3. Sri Abinash Ch. Mitra, I. A. Clerk.
4. Sri Sukumar Sen Gupta, Matriculate ,Primary Section
5. Sri Binoy Gobinda Chowdhury, B. A. Hons Kavyatritha.
6. Miss A. Mandal, Primary Sec
We have got a very good team of teachers who are all quite earnest and sincere in performing their duties to the school. They are doing useful work in the academic, physical and cultural developments of the pupils in their charge. Our Headmaster who is a vastly learned and experienced man, is also taking keen interest in the various act, ties the school to make it an ideal institution. Tutorial classes and weekly examinations are held and individual care is taken for the academic improvement of the pupils. Moral instruction class is held every Saturday to improve the moral side of the boys. Noticing the earnestness of boys for moral instructions and being encouraged by our Headmaster I myself took the initiative in imparting moral instructions to the boys and the 7th April, 1951 the first lecture on the subject was delivered. It is a hopeful sign that an increasing enthusiasm for receiving moral instructions being observed among the boys. We hope, with the Cooperation of my learned colleagues I shall be able to render valuable service to our students through this organization. Physical education also is steadily progressing under the fostering care of Sri Rameswar Pant, B. A., Dip. in-Phy.- Education, the physical Instructor of the school. Our boys did very well in the Inter-School sports, held in February, at Belgharia, and won Second Championship in the whole sub-division. The details of sports—activities will be found in the article of Sri Paul. A pleasant function was held at the school on the 1st Baisakh. 1358, B. S. The students, both boys and girls, participated in and enjoyed it very heartily. The students of the girls' section performed recitations, dialogues, dances and songs. Some of them were quite excellently done. The vocal music of Gayatri Banerji of class X, the dance of Gita Mnkherji of class IX and the dialogues of Namita Mukherji of class X, in the role of Karna and Bela Bhowal of class IX in the role of Kunti, in Kama Kunti Sambad were quite enjoyable. The tablean of Ptijarini staged by the girl-students was also of a very high order. Credit is due to our Headmistress Miss, Suhash Neogi, B. A., B. T., who is a great artist herself, for the success in the performances of the girls. The boys staged a drama, called Pandit Biday. It is also successfully played, Its it could not be finished due to disturbances from out-side,
The result of the school at the last Matriculation examination has been anything but satisfactory. The number on the roll in class X. was 105, of which 103 were sent up and only 19 passed, one in the second and 18 in the third division. Though we have very poor explanation to offer for this deplorable result, yet it will not be out of place to mention here that indiscriminate admissions, irregular teaching for want of sitting accommodation and liberal sending up of candidates were at the of the root of mishap and these are circumstances which a new school can hardly avoid. We, however, assure the patrons of the school and the guardians of the pupils that we shall spire no pains to achieve better results in the examination, in future and we hope, through the grace of the Almighty, our aspirations will be fulfilled. We are very glad to let our patrons, well wishers and the guardians of boys know in this connection that our school has been sanctioned a capital grant of Rs 25500/- by the Relief and Rehabilitation Department, Govt. of West Bengal, for the construction of our school buildings. We hope our school buildings will be completed in a very short time, after this grant is cashed.
স্বাধীনতার অন্ধকারময় দিক হল দেশভাগ।পূর্বপাকিস্তান থেকে লক্ষ লক্ষ অসহায় বাঙালি একসময় নিজেদের সাজানো জীবন ছেড়ে পাড়ি জমিয়েছিল এপার বাংলায়।উদ্বাস্তু জীবনে আত্মপ্রতিষ্ঠার লড়াই হিসেবে জন্ম নিয়েছিল শত শত বিদ্যালয়।আমাদের কাঁচরাপাড়া উচ্চ বিদ্যালয় সেই সন্ধিক্ষণের ফসল।স্থানীয় দরদী মানুষের মজবুত হাতে ভর করে ১৯৪৯ সালে এই বিদ্যালয়ের পথ চলা শুরু।
তখন কাঁচরাপাড়া অঞ্চলে বিদ্যালয় বলতে দুটি। হারনেট আর ইন্ডিয়ান গার্লস হাই স্কুল l আভিজাত্য, কৌলীন্যে তার ধারে কাছে যাওয়ার উপায় ছিলনা বাস্তুহীন সর্বহারা মানুষগুলোর। ঢাকা-গ্রাজুয়েট স্কুলের প্রধান শিক্ষক রিফিউজি শৈলেন্দ্রনাথ নাহা চরিত্রে ছিলেন জাত শিক্ষক। তিনি এগিয়ে এসেছিলেন সমস্যা সমাধানে। ১৯৪৯ সালের ৪ জানুয়ারি জনীবাবু রোডে রেলের কনট্রাকটর বীরেশ্বর দাস মহাশয়ের বাড়ির বারান্দা ও দুটো ঘরে এই বিদ্যালয়ের প্রাণ প্রতিষ্ঠা হয়।শৈলেন্দ্রবাবু, বীরেশ্বরবাবুদের স্বপ্নে জুড়ে গিয়েছিলেন আরও অনেকেই। প্রয়াত শৈলেনদাস, মদনদাস, মাখনচক্রবর্তী, শিউগোবিন্দ ঠাকুর প্রমুখ তাঁদের অন্যতম। তখন গোটা কাঁচড়াপাড়ায় পূর্ববঙ্গের মানুষদের জমি জবরদখল অভিযান চলছিল। মান্ধারী বাজারের জলের ট্যাঙ্কের পাশে একটু করো জমি ঘিরে মুলিবাঁশআর হোগলা পাতার ছাউনিতে গড়ে উঠেছিল এই বিদ্যালয়। কাঁচড়াপাড়ায় ব্রিটিশ আভিজাত্যের বিপ্রতীপে তার পরিচিতি ছিল ‘হোগলাস্কুল’ নামে। এদিকে জবরদখল করা জমির উপর তৈরি বলে শিক্ষাদপ্তরের অনুমোদন ও আটকে যায় সাময়িকভাবে। নাহাবাবুর তৎপরতা অচিরেই সে জট খুলে যায়। প্রতিষ্ঠা বছরের শেষে কাঁচরাপাড়া উচ্চ বিদ্যালয় উঠে এসেছিল বর্তমান ঠিকানায়। শিউনারায়ন ঠাকুরের থেকে ধারাবাহিক কিস্তিতে খানিকটা জমিকে না হয়, দান হিসেবে ও পাওয়া যায় কিছু অংশ।পশ্চিমবঙ্গ সরকারের ত্রাণও পুনর্বাসন দপ্তর থেকে পাওয়া অনুদান ও স্থানীয় বেশ কিছু সহমর্মী মানুষ ও ব্যবসায়ী অর্থ সাহায্যে নির্মিত হয় বিদ্যালয় ভবন। গড়ে উঠলো বালক, বালিকা ও প্রাথমিক বিভাগ।১৯৫০ সালে স্কুলের প্রথম ব্যাচটি ম্যাট্রিকুলেশন পরীক্ষা দেয়।১৯৫৩ সাল থেকে ম্যাট্রকুলেশনে ছাত্রী পাঠানোর যোগ্যতা অর্জন করেছিল কাঁচরাপাড়া এই স্কুল। তারপর থেকে দীর্ঘ সাত দশক নানান উথ্থান পতনের মধ্য দিয়ে আজ কাঁচরাপাড়া উচ্চ বিদ্যালয় এতদঞ্চলে নিজেই একটা ইতিহাস।