Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School

Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School
Clockwise from top left: Main entrance of school; main academic building of secondary section; statue of Sister Nivedita; statue of Swami Vivekananda
Address
37, Gopal Lal Tagore Road, Baranagar Kolkata , West Bengal , 700036 India
Coordinates	22°38′04.20″N 88°22′13.57″E / 22.6345000°N 88.3704361°E / 22.6345000; 88.3704361
Information
Former name	Brahmananda Balakashrama (1912–1924)
Type	Private (Higher secondary)
Motto	Atmano mokshartham jagat hitaya cha (For the salvation of our individual self and for the well-being of all on earth)
Religious affiliation(s)	Hinduism
Established	20 April 1912; 112 years ago (1912-04-20)
Founder	Yogindranath Tagore
Status	Active
Sister school	Ramakrishna Mission Centenary Primary School, Baranagore (estd. 1897)[1]
School board	WBBSE WBCHSE
School district	North 24 Parganas
Authority	Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Baranagore
Session	January–December (V – X) June–May (XI – XII)
School code	B1-019 (WBBSE)[6] 03691 (WBCHSE)[7][8]
Director	Swami Purnagyanananda (Secretary)[2]
Headmaster	Swami Suratmanandaji[2]
Head teacher	Swami Gatabhayananda (Assistant headmaster)
Grades	V–XII
Gender	Male
Age range	10+ to 18+
Enrolment	1100[3]
Language	Bengali, English
Schedule type	Day
Schedule	Monday - Friday: 10:40 am – 3:50pm (V – VI) 10:40 am - 4:30pm[4] (VII – X) Saturday: 10:40am – 1:55pm
Hours in school day	Monday - Friday: 5-6 hrs Saturday: 3-4 hrs
Campus size	3 acres (121,359 m²)
Campus type	Urban
Houses	Sarada Bhawan Nivedita Bhawan[5]
Student Union/Association	BRKMAHS Ex-students Reunion Celebration Committee
Colour(s)	White and Grey   (V - X) Blue and Grey   (XI - XII)
Song	Om Sahana Bhabatu Jana Gana Mana
Sports	Cricket, Football
Nickname	BRKMAHS
Yearbook	Rashmi (রশ্মি)
Alumni	See below
Website	rkmbaranagore.org

Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School (BRKMAHS, informly Baranagar Ramakrishna Mission or Baranagar RKM, pronunciation (help·info)) or Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School (H. S.) is a boys-only higher secondary private school in Baranagar, West Bengal, India. The school was founded by Yogindranath Tagore, a student of Swami Brahmananda in 1912.^[3][9][10]

The school houses roughly 1100 pupils aged 10 to 16 for secondary and higher secondary section classes V–XII.^[3] BRKMAHS pupils take the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) in tenth grade^[6] and are thereafter offered West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) for the final two years.^[5] The school began offering the twelfth grade higher secondary curriculum in 2018, before which all pupils had to sit the secondary examination for tenth grade.

1. ↑ "RAMAKRISHNA MISSION CENTENARY PRIMARY SCHOOL, BARANAGAR". Retrieved 2 May 2018.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "RAMAKRISHNA MISSION ASHRAMA BARANAGORE". Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School (H.S.). 11 February 2021. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} "Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Baranagar, Kolkata". Retrieved 13 June 2018.
4. ↑ "Boy battles brain tumour to best exam". The Telegraph. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "Inauguration Of Nivedita Bhavan, Baranagar RKM". Retrieved 22 July 2018.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "Affiliated Schools of West Bengal Board of secondary Education". Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
7. ↑ "Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School (H. S.)". rkmahsb.blogspot.com. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
8. ↑ "List of West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education affiliated schools". Retrieved 5 November 2019.
9. ↑ "Ramakrishna Mission and Ramakrishna Math Branch Centres".
10. ↑ "Ramakrishna Math and Mission Branches In India". Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.