Badagada Government High School, Bhubaneswar

Government High School, Badagada, Bhubaneswar
Government High School, Badagada, Bhubaneswar
Location
	Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Coordinates	20°15′10″N 85°50′59″E / 20.252763°N 85.849609°E
Information
Established	1963
Head of school	Basanti Panda
Grades	Class 6th to 10th
Number of students	500

Badagada Government High School, Bhubaneswar, is a high school in the capital city of Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The school was started in 1963 by the Government of Odisha. It is considered^{[by whom?]} as one of the oldest government schools in the city of Bhubaneswar along with Capital High School, Bhubaneswar, which was established a decade before it. In 2013, Badagada Government High School, Bhubaneswar celebrated its Golden Jubilee. The school is located at the corner of old village called Badagada and a new housing complex built by Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA).

Description[]

The school is strategically located at the corner of old village called Badagada and a new housing complex built by Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA). It is called Badagada BRIT Colony. BRIT stands for Bhubaneswar Regional Improvement Trust which was the initial version of BDA.

Badagada High School is a Government of Odisha owned high school in the capital city of Bhubaneswar.^[1] It is led by a headmaster, but effective administration and the budget are the responsibility of the Department of School & Mass Education, Government of Odisha.^[2]

The school has classes from 6th grade to 10th grade. It is affiliated to the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha of the Government of Odisha, which conducts the terminal 10th grade examination.^[3]

The typical class size is 50.

The school has some of the best teachers available in Bhubaneswar, who are appointed by the Government of Odisha.

Headmasters[]

List of headmasters

These headmasters have served Badagada High School.

2015-present: Basanti Panda
2013-2013: Chandrasekhar Das
2013-2013: Maheswar Sahoo
2010-2013: Chandrasekhar Das
2004-2010: Basanta Manjari Acharya
1998-2003: Pramilabala Mishra
1996-1997: Jaganath Mahapatra
1994-1996: Sashi Bhusan Mahapatra
1993-1994: Mamata Choudhury
1991-1993: Bhagirathi Routray
1989-1991: Guru Charan Pradhan
1989-1989: Charulata Pattanaik
1985-1989: Paramananda Das
1984-1985: Durga Charan Das
1984-1984: Sachidananda Mishra
1983-1984: Dayanidhi Mahapatra
1980-1983: Banambar Pattnaik
1977-1980: Bhagirathi Routray
1974-1977: Amritananda Panda
1971-1974: Syamsundar Mahapatra
1969-1971: Ananta Rath
1963-1969: Bhagirathi Routray

Gallery[]

Main gate, 2015
Main front building, 2015
Golden Jubilee Gate, established in 2013
Front gate, 2008
Scout room, 2008
Selected graduates of 1988

Notable alumni[]

Saraju Mohanty, professor and director at University of North Texas, US

References[]

^ Department of School & Mass Education, Government of Odisha, http://www.odisha.gov.in/schooleducation/Index.html
^ Department of School & Mass Education, Government of Odisha, http://sme.odisha.gov.in/
^ Board of Secondary Education, Odisha, http://www.bseodisha.nic.in/

[1] Department of School & Mass Education, Government of Odisha, http://www.odisha.gov.in/schooleducation/Index.html

[2] Department of School & Mass Education, Government of Odisha, http://sme.odisha.gov.in/

[3] Board of Secondary Education, Odisha, http://www.bseodisha.nic.in/

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