St.Vincent's High & Technical School , Asansol 4.92

St. Vincent's High and Technical School
Location
Asansol, West Bengal, India

Information
Type Private
Established 1895
Principal Mr. Ravi Victor
Faculty 60
Grades 1-12
Number of students 1,500
Color(s) Navy blue and gold
Athletics Football, cricket, swimming, field hockey
Affiliation ICSE


St. Vincent’s High and Technical School (known as SVTS) is one of the oldest schools in eastern India. It is a kindergarten through 12th grade school of secondary education, located in Asansol, in the western part of West Bengal, about 200 km from Kolkata (Calcutta).

FOUNDING

On the grounds that the school now stands in, St. Vincent's Technical School was started in 1877. The land was purchased from the railways with the intention of producing trained mechanical and electrical artisan staff to bridge the talent shortage in the railways.

In 1895 the high school was founded by the Congregation of Christian Brothers, a Catholic society from Ireland that has undertaken missionary and educational work worldwide. This group, also informally known as the Christian Brothers, was founded by Sir Edmund Ignatius Rice. St. Vincent’s High and Technical School is one of the 19 Christian Brothers Schools in India.

DESCRIPTION

With three sections for each class/grade from 1-10, three kindergarten sections KG-A, KG-B and KG-C, and one section for 11-12, there are about 1,500 students enrolled in the school. The school follows the 10+2 Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations curriculum which includes the national ICSE exam at the end of Class 10, and the ISC exam at the end of Class 12.

St. Vincent's was originally a fully residential school. It started admitting day scholars later, and finally closed the hostel completely in 1994. The school is one of the largest landowners in Asansol, with buildings, fields and wooded areas on prime real estate. The school has a swimming pool, the only other institution to have one being St. Patricks School. It runs summer swimming camps during the school's summer vacations, open to children from all schools.

ACTIVITIES

The school is structured to represent four houses - St. Matthew's (blue), St. Mark's (red), St. Luke's (green) and St. John's (yellow). The annual sports day is held in February. The neighbouring schools are invited to attend and encouraged to participate in the events.

Apart from the annual sports day, there are activities throughout the year. Neighbouring schools and popular rivals St. Patrick's, Loretto Convent and Assembly of God Church are invited to participate in these activities. Science exhibitions, elocutions, drama enactment, fete and debate competitions are events in the annual calendar.

The is one of the best in the region in terms of academic performance.

THE SCHOOL ANTHEM

Long live St. Vincent's in famed Asansol.
It's glorious reputation flourishes and grows.
Renowned for learning and virtues golden gleams.
It is the school we all esteem.

Glory to S.V.T.S.!
Our deeds we'll e'er profess.
Let us proclaim her fame with every breath.
Long live our S.V.T.S.!
God give her all success.
And bless her sons in life and death.

What be the future
We'll cherish memories dear.
Of happy days of childhood would not have passed in vain.
If Vincent's tradition we retain!

Glory to S.V.T.S.!
Our deeds we'll e'er profess.
Let us proclaim her fame with every breath.
Long live our S.V.T.S.!
God give her all success.
And bless her sons in life and death.