Established 1909 (Registered 1913) Phone 0551 233 4115 | Website Official website Founded 1909 | |
Address Bank Road, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh 273001 District Board of High School and Intermediate Education Uttar Pradesh School board Board of High School and Intermediate Education Uttar Pradesh (U.P.Board) Motto तमसो माँ ज्योतिर्गमय (Lead me from darkness into light) Similar Govt Jubilee Inter Coll, Maharana Partap Balika Int, MSI Inter College, Carmel Girls' Inter College, Marwar Inter College | ||
Mahatma Gandhi Inter College, (Hindi: महात्मा गांधी इंटर कॉलेज) is a U.P. board affiliate college in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, which provides education in Hindi and English mediums with all three Streams.
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History
Mahatma Gandhi Intermediate College, then the Gorakhpur High School, preceded by Gorakhpur High School Society, was founded on Jan 06,1909. One of the renowned Gorakhpur citizen, Late Rai Bahadur Ram Garib Lalji came forward and donated his 11 acres of land for school premises. In 1913, the School Society was registered and in 1913 J. Hope Simpson the then District Magistrate put the first foundation brick of the main building of the School. In the construction of the main building Late Ishwari Prasad ji made a significant donation. Consequently the main building was named Ishwari Manzil.
In 1948, after assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, the school society passed a resolution and as a result there of, The Gorakhpur High School and the Gorakhpur Society were respectively replaced by the Mahatma Gandhi Intermediate College and the National Educational Society,Gorakhpur.
Course of study
The college follows the curriculum prescribed by the Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad, Uttar Pradesh (UP Board) and have classes from Primary (VI) to the Intermediate (Class XII) level. It prepares students for the UP Board Examination for Class X and Class XII. Value education is imparted as part of the curriculum.
School hours are from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm and the Office functions from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Admission
Selection is made through written entrance test in English, Hindi and Maths, followed by an interview.
Administration
The school is under the administration of National Educational Society, Gorakhpur.
Students & Faculty
The students strength of the school is 5745. Total number of teachers is 91. 61 classrooms are present in college which have 52 computer systems for the student and 56 blackboard.
Some of old students of this college are serving this college as a teacher, when they are selected as teacher by Madhya Shiksha Seva Chayan Board, Allahabad. Some of these teachers are Ram Nath Verma (Lecturer-Physics), Shashi Bhushan Srivastava(Lecturer-Physics), M.M.Gupta (Lecturer-Biology), B.P.Rao (Lecturer-Mathematics).
Related Institutes
Below are related institues administered by National Educational Society.
- Mahatma Gandhi Post Graduate College, Gorakhpur