Brahmo Balika Shikshalaya, Girls' school in Kolkata, India.
Brahmo Balika Shikshalaya is a girls' higher secondary school on APC Roy Road in Kolkata, taking students from primary through to the higher secondary level. The building is listed as a Grade I heritage structure by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, placing it among the most protected in the city.
The school was founded in 1890 to give girls in colonial Calcutta access to formal education at a time when schooling for women was rare. It grew out of the Brahmo Samaj movement, which had been pushing for social reform and women's education since the mid-19th century.
The school's name reflects its roots in the Brahmo Samaj movement, which championed female education in the 19th century. The institution continues to embody this legacy by serving girls from diverse backgrounds in the city.
The school sits on a busy road in Kolkata and is most easily reached on foot or by public transport from the surrounding area. As it is an active school, access for outside visitors is generally limited during teaching hours.
In 1921 the school adopted a teaching method that was at the time applied in very few other schools across India. This early step placed the institution among the first in the country to move away from purely traditional classroom practice.
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