History

WELCOME TO HOWRAH AKSHAYA SIKSHAYATAN

HOWRAH AKSHAYA SIKSHAYATAN FORMERLY KNOWN AS RIPON COLLEGIATE SCHOOL, WAS FOUNDED IN 1886 (RECOGNIZED ON 01.01.1987)  BY SIR SURENDRANATH  BANDYOPADHYAY. IT IS ME OF THE PIONEER INSTITUTION OF HOWRAH. SITUATED AT THE LEAST OF THE CITY HOWRAH, THE SCHOOL WAS THE DREAMCHILD OF SRI AKSHAYA KUMAR CHATTOPADHYAY, WHO HAD TRANSFORMED IT FROM ‘CLASS SCHOOL’ TO ‘MASS SCHOOL’ TO SPREAD EDUCATION IN ALL SECTIONS OF THE SOCIETY. FOLLOWING HIS BEACON OF EDUCATION, THE SCHOOL HAS COMPLETED A LONG JOURNEY IN THE FIELD OF ‘TEACHING-LEARNING’ PROCESS WITH THREE DIVISIONS IN H.S SECTION : SCIENCE, HUMANILITES AND GENERAL COMMERCE. A PARALLAL ENGLISH MEDIUM HAS BEEN INTRODUCED FROM CLASS V TO CLASS XII ALONG WITH BENGALI MEDIUM SINCE 2019. THE INSTITUTION IS FEELING PROUD FOR THE NCC CADETS, SOME OF THEM GOT CHANCE TO JOIN IN THE DEPERTMENT OF DEFENCE OF GOVT. OF INDIA. NCC TRAINING IS STILL GOING ON IN THE SCHOOL PREMISES WITH THE HELP OF THE OFFICERS OF FORT WILLIAM. AS MOST OF THE STUDENTS ARE COMING FROM THE MEDIOCRE SOCIO-ECONOMIC BACKGROUND, THE TEACHERS ARE VERY CAREFUL AND SINCERE TO FULFIL THE DREAM OF THEIR PUPILS. AFFECTION AND PARENTAL CARE GIVEN TO THE STUDENTS A FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT WHICH IS TRULY REFLECTED ON THE RSULT OF THE BOARD EXAMS OF THE INSTITUTION. OUR AIM IS TO FOLLOW SWAMI VIVEKANANDA’S IDEA, ‘EDUCATION ISTHE MANIFESTATION OF PERFECTION ALREADY EXISTING IN MEN’.