Established 1912 Headmaster S. K. Tyagi Phone 0135 271 2228 Colors Yellow, Green, Red | Founder Col. William Brown Medium of language English Founded 1912 | |
Motto Magna est Veritas
(Truth is Great) Houses Principal, Bursar & Headmaster Address 5 Kasturba Road, Dalanwala, Dehradun, 248001 Similar The Doon School - Dehradun, Carman Residential and Day, The Asian School, Welham Girls School, Doon Internatio School | ||
Colonel Brown Cambridge School is an English medium residential school located in Dehradun, India. It was founded in 1926 with five students. It was the 1st all boys residential school in Dehradun.
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The campus is in the town of Dehradun on the foothills of Mussoorie - Queen of Hills in India, with 500 students and nine hostel buildings.
The school is secular and admits boys from all parts of the world representing all religions, castes and creeds. It provides no religious instruction, but secular prayers and congregational singing of secular and patriotic hymns are a part of the daily morning assembly.
The Founding
Colonel Brown Cambridge School was founded on 17 March 1926, by Col. and Mrs. William Brown. It was the 1st all boys residential school in Dehradun.
The motto of the school is Magna Est Veritas. Translated from Latin it means "Truth Is Great". The crest of the school has the initials of the school on the right hand corner with a lion for courage, a shamrock (the national symbol for Ireland), and a torch representing the torch of learning.
Academics
The Academic session is in two sessions - 15 July to 15 November (first term) and 15 January to 15 May (second term).
Admission
The school holds a very rigid policy as far as admission tests to the entrance classes are concerned. A child is admitted to the school purely on the basis of merit and recommendations of any kind debars him from admission to the school.
Management
The school is run by the "N.S. Educational Society" registered under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 and is recognized for the purpose of sending up students for the I.C.S.E..
Founder's Day
Founder's Day is celebrated each year on March 17. There is a P.T. competition held on this day. The school celebrates Annual Day in the month of November. Arts & Crafts exhibition, march-past,P.T, yoga, Drama etc. are shown on this day.
Notable alumni
The students studying at CBS are also called Brownians and the ex students are called ex-Brownians or simply Old Boys. Colonel Brown Cambridge School has produced many prominent and notable persons which include the following:
Tej Pratap Singh Yadav