History

JARA HIGH SCHOOL IS ONE OF THE OLDEST INSTITUTION IN THE GHATAL SUBDIVISION OF MIDNAPUR DISTRICT(AT PRESENT PASCHIM MEDINIPUR).TO RECAPITULATE THE HISTORY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SCHOOL,MENTION MUST BE MADE OF THE ZAMINDER ROY FAMILY OF JARA.THE ZAMINDER,SHIBNARAYAN ROY OF JARA, A GREAT WELL WISHER AND DEVOTEE OF ISWAR CHANDRA VIDYASAGAR ESTABLISHED A SCHOOL UP TO 4th CLASS IN 1851 AT HIS OWN COST TO IMPART ENGLISH EDUCATION AMONG THE VILLAGERS.AFTER HIS DEMISE,HIS ELDEST SON, ZAMINDER,SHAMBHU CHANDRA ROY,A HIGHLY EDUCATED PERSON AS WELL AS CLASSMATE OF BAKIM CHANDRA CHATTOPADHYAY CONVERTED THE 4th CLASS SCHOOL TO 6th CLASS MINOR SCHOOL WAS NAMED AS GANESH JANANI INSTITUTION IN 1881.SHAMBHU CHANDRA ROY ESTABLISHED JARA HIGH ENGLISH SCHOOL FROM CLASS I TO CLASS X.NEXT,THIS JARA HIGH ENGLISH SCHOOL WAS AFFILIATED BY CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY AS RECOMMENDED BY THEN BRITISH GOVERNMENT WITH THE HELP OF ISWAR CHANDRA VIDYASAGAR IN 1881.IN 1940, ANOTHER GREAT MAN MR.ANUKUL CHATTOPADHYAY BY NAME DONATED ALL HIS LANDED PROPERTY (75 ACRES) TO THE SCHOOL FOR ITS DEVELOPMENT.THE SCHOOL BUILDING,STAGE,LABORATORY etc WERE NEXT DEVELOPED WITH THE HELP OF HIS PROPERTY.

IN 1960,THE PRIMARY SECTION OF THE SCHOOL WAS SEPARATED AND THE SCHOOL WAS NAMED AS 'JARA HIGH SCHOOL' FROM CLASS V TO CLASS X. IN 1963,THE SCHOOL WAS UPGRADED TO CLASS XI WITH ARTS AND COMMERCE AND IN 1964 WITH SCIENCE.IN 1976,THE JARA HIGH SCHOOL WAS UPGRADED TO CLASS XII.IN 2005,VOCATIONAL COURSES WERE INTRODUCED IN THE SCHOOL WITH ELECTRICAL,COMPUTER AND AGRICULTURAL STREAM IN CLASS XI AND XII CLASSES.IN 2015, THE SCHOOL WAS CONVERTED TO GOVT.SPONSORED SCHOOL.