Jamnabai Narsee School
'Vidya Param Balam' ('Knowledge is Strength Supreme')
Location
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Information
Type	Private School
Established	1971
Area trustee	Narsee Monjee Educational Trust
Principal	Sudeshna Chatterjee
Grades	Nursery school – 12th Standard
Affiliation	ICSE National Institute of Open Schooling IB Diploma Programme IGCSE ISC
Website	http://www.jns.ac.in

Jamnabai Narsee School is a private school in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It was founded on January 17, 1971 and is managed by the Narsee Monjee Education Trust. The school building is unusual in architecture with three clusters of hexagonal classrooms, each with a central foyer. The school is attended by the children of celebrities and film stars living in the adjacent suburb of Juhu.

Contents 1 History 2 Motto 3 Timeline of events 4 Facilities 5 Comment 6 Notable alumni 7 External links 8 References

[edit] History

Jamnabai Narsee School was founded on 17 January 1971. It was established and managed by the Narsee Monjee Educational Trust. It is a co-educational, English medium school.

The school is an 'Unaided Linguistic-Minority Institution', affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations-New Delhi, and to International Baccalaureate Organisation,^[1] Geneva preparing students for the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) Examination at the end of the 10th grade and the International Baccalaureate Diploma (IBDP) at the end of the 12th.

[edit] Motto

The motto of the school is “Vidya Param Balam”, which neans "Knowledge is Strength Supreme".

[edit] Timeline of events

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• 1971 Inauguration of the School - I.C.S.E and S.S.C. streams; Introduction of the House System; Starting of health Care Unit.
• 1972 Inauguration of the Math Laboratory
• 1974 Election of student council
• 1979 Inception of the Parent - Teacher Association
• 1984 Inception of the Jamnabai Narsee Alumni Association; first issue of the directory of the graduating class titled SMRUTI
• 1987 Celebration of the Centenary Year of Shri Narsee Monjee; starting of the Narsee Monjee Inter- School Hindi Elocution
• 1988 Inauguration of the Computer Section
• 1991 Inauguration of the Social Studies Room
• 1992 Hosting of the All India Conference of the Principals of ICSE Schools.
• 1993 Inauguration of the Audio - Visual Room; starting the 'CASCADE' festival by J.N.A.A.
• 1996 Celebration of the Silver Jubilee Year
• 1997 Establishment of the Reading Rooms in the Dixit Road Municipal School, Vile Parle (East) by the P.T.A
• 1999 Starting of the Dyslexia Awareness Programme
• 2000 Inauguration of the Life Enrichment Centre; inauguration of Activity Centre for pre-school; inauguration of Science Activity Centre
• 2005 Inauguration of IB Diploma Programme for Grade 11 and 12.
• 2006 Celebration of Coral Jubilee - 35 years; addition of 5th and 6th floors; starting the Resource Centre for handicapped students.
• 2007 Inauguration of the Activity Room; inception of the International General Certificate of Secondary Education Programme -CHECKPOINT - Std 8; Inception of Std. 11 - ISC - Arts and Commerce Stream; established the rainwater harvesting system.

[edit] Facilities

The school compound has courts for basketball, volleyball, throwball and handball, to cater to the physical education programme of the school. The school has leased an adjacent public maidan and converted it into a playground.

The building itsef has a total built-up area of 144,000 square feet (13,400 m²) and a carpet area of more than 117,000 square feet (10,900 m²).

The building houses 72 classrooms each measuring 585 sq ft (54.3 m²) in area, for the students from nursery to Std.X. In addition to these, there are rooms for academic activities such as the Technical Drawing Room, the Art Room, the Maths Laboratory, the Environmental Science room and rooms for Bharat Natyam, Kathak and folk dance, the sitar room, rooms for Indian and Western Music and a modern Computer Centre. The entire central area in the first floor is the arena for cultural activities. The Physics/Biology/Chemistry laboratories and the Science Activity Centre are on second floor. An audio-visual room of around 1,200 sq ft (110 m²). area is situated on the third floor. The school hall with a mezzanine floor caters to the needs of an audience of 700.

The school employs 175 teachers and support staff, and another 100 karamacharis. Enrollment is 3,900 students. Every year approximately 290 candidates are prepared and sent up for the ICSE examinations, the highest of any Mumbai school. The principal is Mrs. Sudeshna Chatterjee, who took over the position in 2009.

[edit] Comment

The School gives priority to the children of residents of JVPD Scheme (an association of 14 residential societies), and then from the other parts of the city. This policy results in a lack of socio-economic diversity amongst its students, more specifically its students generally come from financially well to do families rather than the middle class who make up the bulk of Mumbai's populace.

[edit] Notable alumni

• Sunny Deol - Bollywood actor and Dharmendra's son
• Bobby Deol - Bollywood actor and Dharmendra's son
• Esha Deol - Bollywood actress, Dharmendra and Hema Malini's daughter
• Abhishek Bachchan - Bollywood actor and Amitabh Bachchan's son, Aishwarya Rai's husband
• Abhay Deol - Bollywood actor of Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! and Dev D fame, Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol's cousin brother and Dharmendra's nephew
• Mukesh H Patel
• Isha Lakhani - Indian tennis player
• Raveena Tandon - Bollywood actress
• Zayed Khan - Bollywood actor, actor Sanjay Khan's son
• Fardeen Khan - Bollywood actor, actor Feroze Khan'son
• Kareena Kapoor - Bollywood actress, Actor Raj Kapoor's granddaughter
• Kunal Kapoor - Bollywood actor of Rang de Basanti fame
• Vikram Bhatt - Bollywood director
• Harman Baweja - Bollywood actor of Love Story 2050 fame
• Devika Mathur - Canadian Idol finalist
• Tulip Joshi - Bollywood actress of Dil Maange More fame
• Masaba Richards - actress Neena Gupta's and West Indies cricketer Viv Richards' daughter
• Narmmadaa Ahuja - Bollywood actor Govinda's daughter

[edit] External links

• Official website

[edit] References