History
South Point School was founded by Late Satikanta Guha on April 1, 1954 at 10, Hindustan Road, Kolkata- 700 019, with Smt. Pritylata Guha as Associate Founder.Later it was shifted to 16, Mandeville Gardens, Kolkata- 700 019 It started with only 20 children and soon made legendary progress in the field of Education Society and its affairs are managed by a Managing Committee.
South Point High School, also run by the Society and managed by a separate Managing Committee, obtained affiliation to the Board of Secondary Education, West Bengal from January, 1957. This year the high School has also obtained affiliation with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), making it among the few privileged schools having such parallel affiliation. Students of choice amongst the two boards for continuing their studies under their preferred for board for the academic session 2011-12. Most of the applying students received this successfully.
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