Badagada Government High School, Bhubaneswar
| Government High School, Badagada, Bhubaneswar | |
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| Coordinates | 20°15′10″N 85°50′59″E / 20.252763°N 85.849609°E |
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| Established | 1963 |
| Head of school | Basanti Panda |
| Grades | Class 6th to 10th |
| Number of students | 500 |
Badagada Government High School, Bhubaneswar, is a high school in the capital city of Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The school was started in 1963 by the Government of Odisha. It is considered[by whom?] as one of the oldest government schools in the city of Bhubaneswar along with Capital High School, Bhubaneswar, which was established a decade before it. In 2013, Badagada Government High School, Bhubaneswar celebrated its Golden Jubilee. The school is located at the corner of old village called Badagada and a new housing complex built by Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA).
Description
[edit]The school is strategically located at the corner of old village called Badagada and a new housing complex built by Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA). It is called Badagada BRIT Colony. BRIT stands for Bhubaneswar Regional Improvement Trust which was the initial version of BDA.
Badagada High School is a Government of Odisha owned high school in the capital city of Bhubaneswar.[1] It is led by a headmaster, but effective administration and the budget are the responsibility of the Department of School & Mass Education, Government of Odisha.[2]
The school has classes from 6th grade to 10th grade. It is affiliated to the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha of the Government of Odisha, which conducts the terminal 10th grade examination.[3]
The typical class size is 50.
Teachers are appointed by the Government of Odisha.
Headmasters
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These headmasters have served Badagada High School.
- 2015-present: Basanti Panda
- 2013-2013: Chandrasekhar Das
- 2013-2013: Maheswar Sahoo
- 2010-2013: Chandrasekhar Das
- 2004-2010: Basanta Manjari Acharya
- 1998-2003: Pramilabala Mishra
- 1996-1997: Jaganath Mahapatra
- 1994-1996: Sashi Bhusan Mahapatra
- 1993-1994: Mamata Choudhury
- 1991-1993: Bhagirathi Routray
- 1989-1991: Guru Charan Pradhan
- 1989-1989: Charulata Pattanaik
- 1985-1989: Paramananda Das
- 1984-1985: Durga Charan Das
- 1984-1984: Sachidananda Mishra
- 1983-1984: Dayanidhi Mahapatra
- 1980-1983: Banambar Pattnaik
- 1977-1980: Bhagirathi Routray
- 1974-1977: Amritananda Panda
- 1971-1974: Syamsundar Mahapatra
- 1969-1971: Ananta Rath
- 1963-1969: Bhagirathi Routray
Gallery
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Main gate, 2015 -
Main front building, 2015 -
Golden Jubilee Gate, established in 2013 -
Front gate, 2008 -
Scout room, 2008 -
Selected graduates of 1988
Notable alumni
[edit]- Saraju Mohanty, professor and director at University of North Texas, US
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Department of School & Mass Education, Government of Odisha, http://www.odisha.gov.in/schooleducation/Index.html
- ^ Department of School & Mass Education, Government of Odisha, http://sme.odisha.gov.in/
- ^ Board of Secondary Education, Odisha, http://www.bseodisha.nic.in/