Type Private school Chairman Mr. Neil O' Brien Phone 080 2554 0973 Founded 9 January 1967 | Motto "Courage is destiny" Principal Mr.Kevin Dominic Pope | |
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Frank Anthony Public School (or FAPS) is a co-educational day-school, for students of age 4–18 years, in central Bangalore, India. It was founded by the Anglo-Indian educationist and barrister-at-law, Frank Anthony, in 1967.
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Overview
The school officially opened on the 9th of January, 1967, being the third of the three Frank Anthony Public Schools in India. It is established, owned and administered by the All-India Anglo-Indian Education Institution, New Delhi, registered under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860. It is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations .
The school is divided into the Nursery Section, the Junior Section and the Senior Section. Each class has three sections in the Junior section, and four in the senior section. Students of classes 11 and 12 are divided into three sections:
- Science (English, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology/Computer Applications),
- Commerce (English, Commerce, Accounts, Economics, Sociology/Second Language)
- Humanities (English, Literature in English, second language, History, Sociology, Political Science).
The student count from Nursery to the Class XII is above 2000.
Terms
There are two academic terms in the year:
The second term is split into half by two and a half weeks of Christmas vacation. Summer vacation lasts from early April till late May, during the warmest part of the year in Southern India. There is a week off for Dasara, around late September or early October.
Houses
The House system is a feature common to Public Schools in India (based on an equivalent system in England). FAPS has four houses, named after eminent members of the Anglo-Indians and benefactors of the school.
House structure
Each house is led by two House Captains (a boys and a girl), two Vice-Captains (a boy and a girl), and a body of prefects, selected from among the students of Class XII.
Corbett House
D'mello House
Gidney House
Rodrigues House
The houses compete in inter-house activities, including sports (such as cricket, basketball, football, volleyball, and throwball), athletics, quizzes, debates, and elocution competitions.
Facilities
The school has a playground where sports like cricket, football, hockey and other field sports are played. Basketball, throwball and volleyball courts are available. In academics there are labs for Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Computer Science and a Home Science Lab.
There is an auditorium and a multi-purpose hall.
Tournaments
An inter-school girls throwball tournament is held every year in the month of August.
Tri-Faps
Every year an intra-school tournament, Tri-Faps is conducted in the one of the three Frank Anthony Public Schools across the country. The last Tri-Faps conducted at Bangalore was in 2014, with recurrences every 3 years.
Principals
Headmasters/Vice-Principals
The headmaster was in charge of the Senior section which includes classes 6 to 10 and the ISC grades. The office of Headmaster was renamed Vice-Principal in 2015.
Headmistresses
The headmistress is in charge of the Junior section which includes the Nursery, Preparatory and classes 1 to 5.