Sibpur S.S.P.S Vidyalaya is a Bengali-medium, Government-sponsored, higher secondary school located in Howrah, affiliated under the WBBSE and the WBCHSE. Sibpur S.S.P.S Vidyalaya is the abbreviation of Sibpur Srimat Swami Projnanananda Saraswati Vidyalaya. The institution was named after famous revolutionist and monk Swami Projnanananda Saraswati and was established in the year of 1950 by Shri Yogesh Chandra Mukhopadhyay, one of the disciples of Swami Projnanananda. The school is situated in 78/8 College Road, Howrah near the landmark Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden
History
This institution was established in early post-independence era. In the year 1953 the school switched from its initial address at Haru Mistri lane, Howrah to its present address. The present school building was built in 1952. Shri Yogesh Chandra Mukhopadhyay, the founder of the school, contributed his personal land for the school building purpose. He was elected the first Secretary of the Managing Committee of the school. In 1954, the school was officially acknowledged by the Government. In the beginning days, the institution provided education up to grade VI, which was extended up to grade X in 1955; the school introduced herself as a Secondary School. Higher Secondary section was included later in 1962 and in 1977 this institution received permission for conducting Higher Secondary Examination. The school's first Higher Secondary Examination held in 1979.
Campus
There is a playground in the centre of the school. Two sides of the playground is adjacent to two three-storied building, lying perpendicular to each other. One is the main building, constructed in 1952 and other building in newer, set up in 1962. At the end of the ground there is a school auditorium. It was built in the year 1981. There is also a primary section of this school named Bharadwaj Shikshasram.
Students
Sibpur S.S.P.S. Vidyalaya has around 1200 students in attendance. Each class is separated between two or three sections i.e. A, B and C and each of which contain around average 50 students. Class XI and XII are divided into three 'streams' known as Science, Arts and Commerce. 'Arts' stream was introduced in 2011 while 'Science' and 'Commerce' is older than it.
Uniform
There is an assortment of school uniforms, for different classes. The uniform is not different from the Secondary or Higher Secondary sections. In the former years the school uniform included khaki pants, which was changed to black in later years. White shirts with the school emblem on the pocket, black pants and a black school shoe. A navy blue sweater is additional for winter. From class VII to XII black full-pants is compulsory.
Emblem
The logo or emblem of the institution is knitted in a square piece of cloth and includes the school name, year of establishment and the motto: 'শ্রদ্ধাবান্ লভতে জ্ঞানম' ; this Sanskrit phrase denotes that the most credited or honoured person attains the knowledge. There are four color schemes in the emblem of the institution. Each of them depicts a house from the following 4 houses. The houses and their respective colors are:
Sl. No-
House Name
House Color
Badge Picture
1
Projnanananda House
Red
2
Yogesh Chandra House
Blue
3
Vidyasagar House
Green
4
Vivekananda House
Yellow
This color sequence recycles after every fourth roll number. The Vidyasagar House was previously named Jogiraj House, after Sri Shyamacharan Lahiri.
School Anthem
School begins with the prayer song Jana Gana Mana, preceded by the recitation of a short Sanskrit shloka. The shloka is the No. 9 principle of 'Taittirīya' Upanishads. Through this mantra it is prayed that:
Original Shloka
ॐ সহনাববতু সহ নৌ ভুনক্তু সহ বীর্যং করবাবহৈ... তেজস্বিনাবধীতমস্তু মা বিদ্বিষাবহৈ... ॐ শান্তিঃ শান্তিঃ শান্তিঃ...
Transliteration
Om sahanababatu saha nou bhunaktu sahabirjang karababahai... Tejaswinabadhitamastu ma bidbishabahai... Om Shanti Shanti Shanti...
