History

In the good old days some enterprising Christian missionaries from Scotland under the leadership of the great Alexender Duff had started educational institution for the people of Bengal.

St. Margaret’s School was started in the year 1871 by the Scottish missionaries who came from Scotland and had formed a Scottish Ladies Association. It was like the voice of the spring in a winter month when women’s education in India was still in its cradle and frowned upon by the middle class majority. The fire of the Bengal Renaissance was however spreading fast.

The School got its recognition by the University of Calcutta in the year 1902 and started running successfully under the guidance of Ms. White.

This well reputed institution is one of the oldest girls schools situated in North Calcutta.

The school celebrated its 125th Birth Anniversary in 1996 and the school will be celebrating its 150th Birth Anniversary in 2021