Founder(s) Shri Satish Ranjan Das Phone 011 2338 9729 | Established 1927 Date founded 1927 | |
Formerly called Lady Irwin Higher Secondary School Address Shrimant Madhav Rao Scindia Marg, New Delhi, Delhi 110001 Motto Dhiyo yon-ah prachodyath (धीयो यो न: प्रचोदयात्) | ||
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Lady Irwin School for Girls is an educational institution in New Delhi, India, established in 1927. It is a composite English medium school from class I to class XII affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi. It has a nursery section.
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- Lady irwin school 2011 12
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- General
- Houses
- Motto
- Notable alumni
- References
The school has two branches - primary and senior. The school is housed in three separate buildings viz. primary at Defence Colony and middle and secondary at Canning Road, New Delhi.
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General
The Lady Irwin School for Girls was established in 1927, under the leadership of the late Shri S. R. Das, the Law Member of the Viceroy's Executive Council, for the purpose of making education available under the same roof to all the children of Central Government servants. Since the Summer Capital those days was located at Simla, a branch of Lady Irwin School was first opened in Simla. A branch was later opened in New Delhi so that students did not suffer any inconvenience when the government servants moved to Delhi, which was the Winter Capital. The school building at Simla, which is considered to be a heritage building, today houses the DalZiel Hotel.
The higher secondary School at New Delhi was and still is located at the erstwhile Canning Lane, now called Madhav Rao Scindia Marg, just off what was then known as Curzon Road, now called Kasturba Gandhi Marg. The middle school was housed in the Army barracks on Canning Lane just across what was then Pataudi House. The Army Barrack has since been demolished and the middle school is now housed in another building on Canning Lane which was constructed by funds raised by annual PT Shows organized at the National Stadium through the 1960s and 1970s by the students and teachers of Lady Irwin School.
There are 3200 students in the New Delhi branch of the school and 120 staff members.
Through the 1960s and 1970s, the Central Board of Secondary Education Merit List was dominated by the students of Lady Irwin School.
Houses
The School has six houses, identified by a colour and are named after the daughters of Mother India:
The six house colors are the colors of the Rainbow. Saffron, a shade of orange, is the school colour.
Motto
The school's motto is Dhiyo yon-ah prachodyath i.e. "Let our faculties flourish in the realization of the Supreme". The emblem is a lotus, the color of the school is saffron.
The school publishes a yearly school magazine Uditi.