South Point School, Kolkata is a coeducational English medium day school affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi and the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education. The school was founded on April 1, 1954 by Shri Satikanta Guha and Smt. Prityalata Guha with just 20 students and few committed teachers. South Point School, Kolkata was the first co-educational school to be established in the city with affiliation to the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education. The first class X batch passed out in 1958 and in 1960 the school was upgraded to higher secondary level.
South Point School has won itself a place in the Guinness Book of Records (1984-1992) as the world’s largest school with strength of nearly 13,500 students, 325 teaching staff and 225 non-teaching staff members. The school is managed by the South Point Education Society which is part of the M P Birla Group.
The school motto is Courage to Know – a tribute to all those who, in the face of blind prejudice, religious bigotry, social ostracism and even death, refused to give up their search for truth
The school houses a library featuring a collection of nearly 18,000 volumes, a computer lab, well-equipped and well-ventilated labs for physics, chemistry and biology, a medical infirmary, bookstore, an air-conditioned auditorium with seating capacity for 300 people, nursery playroom, cyber zone and a vast playground.
South Point boasts the latest software for smoother running of school affairs such as admission, examination and report cards, fee collection, transport and issuing caution money or transfer certificates.
South Point School offers schooling from nursery through the higher secondary level. After class V, students can opt for the Central Board of Secondary Education or West Bengal Board of Secondary Education curriculum. Besides academics, the school offers a wide range of co curricular and sports activities such as basketball, chess, cricket, darts, rock-climbing, table-tennis, quiz, karate and yoga.
Dalbir Kaur Chadda (Principal)
Please contact the school office for information on admissions.
Fees
The fee structure is as follows:
Fee for classes I to V
Caution money (refundable) INR 8000
Admission fee INR 23000
Annual charges INR 10500
Annual Tuition and miscellaneous fee INR 20160
South Point High School (WBBSE section)
Admission Fees INR 25000
Caution Money Deposit INR 8000
Annual Charges INR 10500
Higher Secondary Term Fees for all students of Class XI INR 8500
Annual Tuition and miscellaneous fee
Class VI to VIII INR 25080
Class IX & X INR 23280
Class XI & XII INR 30660
South Point High School (CBSE)
Admission Fees INR 25000
Caution Money Deposit INR 8000
Annual Payment INR 11500
Higher Secondary Term Fees for all students of Class XI INR 8500
Annual Tuition and miscellaneous fee
Class VI to VIII INR 26760
Class IX & X INR 27480
Class XI & XII INR 32940
South Point has won itself a place in the Guinness Book of Records (1984-1992) as the world’s largest school with strength of nearly 13,500 students, 325 teaching staff and 225 non-teaching staff-members.
Being a day school, accommodation facilities are not provided.