Ispat English Medium School

Ispat English Medium School
Address
Map
Sector - 20

Rourkela
,
Odisha

India
Coordinates22°15′45″N 84°52′49″E / 22.2625°N 84.8802°E / 22.2625; 84.8802
Information
TypePrimary, Middle, Secondary
MottoPlay The Game
Established1961
PrincipalB. Kar
Faculty60
Number of students1500
ClassesI to XII
HousesRed, Yellow, Blue, Green
MascotTagore, Rajaji, Shivaji, Pratap
YearbookSpectrum
Websiteiemsrsp.com

Ispat English Medium School is an English medium school in Sector 20 of the Rourkela Steel Township in Rourkela, Odisha, India. The school follows the syllabus prescribed by the CISCE.

History

Ispat English Medium School, the only Indian Certificate of Secondary Education institution under the Steel Authority of India (SAIL), Rourkela Steel Plant was founded in 1961 with 27 students, five teachers and two classrooms. It ran on the Indian Public School (IPS) system. The school has been affiliated with the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi since May 1964. It is one of the first schools established in Rourkela and the first to have English as the medium of instruction. Admission is only to children of parents working for SAIL, CISF, CRPF and other Central Government undertakings and REC.

About

In 1982 the institution started a Junior College (ISC +2) with a Science Stream. Its academic activities expanded with the new addition of a +2 Commerce stream from 2004.

In 2011, the school celebrated the 50th anniversary of its founding.

Facilities

The school is a co-educational day-school and is run by the education department of SAIL. The school currently has 1500 students and sixty teachers.

Housing

The school is set up according to a house system. The four houses are:

Color House Named After
Green Pratap Maharana Pratap
Yellow Rajaji C. Rajagopalachari
Blue Shivaji Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
Red Tagore Rabindranath Tagore

References