Vivekananda Vidyapith Higher Secondary School
Statue of Swami Vivekananda at the front of the school.
Location
New Bongaigaon, City : Bongaigaon, Assam, PIN - 783381 Assam
Information
Type	Public, co-educational
Motto	তমসো মা জ্যোতির্গমহযঃ
Established	1965
Founder	Shaktipada Chattopadhyay
School district	Bongaigaon
Staff	5+
Faculty	45+
Number of students	700+
Classes	Prep - 12
Campus	1
Affiliation	SEBA

Vivekananda Vidyapith Higher Secondary School^[1] is a Bengali medium school established in 1965 in the Central Colony area of the Railway Township of New Bongaigaon. This is a Bengali Medium School under SEBA. From class pre-school to X it offers education in Bangla and in the Higher Secondary Section from class XI to XII it offers courses in Assamese in the Arts stream only. The school has three administrative sections -

• Class Nursery - Class V (LP)
• Class V - VIII - (ME)
• Class IX - XII - (Higher)

It has separate buildings for the three sections. Classes are held in a co-educational setup.

History

The school came into being long back in 1965 at the efforts of a number of early initiators among whom the first principal of the school Shaktipada Chattopadhyay was the most prominent. The area was leased to the school for a period of 100 years.

Uniform

The uniform of the school is Khaki Pant and White Shirts for boys and Green Skirt and White Shirt for girls till class 7. From class 8 girls have to wear green embroidered White Sarees.

Prayer

The school begins with the singing of the national song of India Vande Mataram.

Results

This school is one of major schools in Bongaigaon. The results of Vivekananda Vidyapith has been consistently improving. There were bright former students including Siddhartha Sarkar who had secured 13th rank all over Assam in HSLC exam 2008. Specially the school is known for its cultural activities.

Sports Day

The school organizes a sports day annually where several athletic competitions are held among students.

School magazine

Arghya (অর্ঘ্য) is the school magazine of Vivekananda Vidyapith Higher Secondary School. The magazine is published by own work of students and teachers.

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