Bombay Scottish School
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Veer Savarkar Marg, Mahim Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400016 India |
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| Coordinates | 19°2′2.5″N 72°50′21″E / 19.034028°N 72.83917°ECoordinates: 19°2′2.5″N 72°50′21″E / 19.034028°N 72.83917°E |
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| Type | Private school |
| Motto | Perseverentia et fide in Deo (Perseverance and faith in God) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Christianity |
| Founded | 18 February 1847 |
| School board | ICSE |
| Authority | Bombay Scottish Orphanage society |
| Principal | Molly Paul |
| Teaching staff | 120 |
| Number of students | 3113 |
| Average class size | 45 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 26:1 |
| Education system | Coeducational |
| Classes offered | Kindergarten–12th |
| Medium of language | English |
| Hours in school day | approximately 8 - 8.5 hours |
| Classrooms | 78 |
| Campus size | approximately 2 acres (8,100 m2) |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Houses | Blue, Green, Red, Yellow |
| Colour(s) | Blue, White |
| Nickname | Scottish |
| School fees | ₹60,000 |
| Affiliation | Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations |
| Founder's day | 18 February |
| School magazine | Tartan,The Scottish Herald |
| Website | www.bombayscottish.in/mahim |
The Bombay Scottish School (BSS) popularly known as Scottish is a private, co-educational day school located at Mahim West in Mumbai, India. The institution was established in 1847 by Scottish Christian missionaries under the name Scottish Female Orphanage.
The school caters to pupils from kindergarten up to class 12 and the medium of instruction is English. The school is affiliated with the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi, which conducts the ICSE examinations at the close of class 10 and the ISC examinations at the close of class 12. The school has been among the top 10 schools in India for the past few decades. Most of its alumni belong to the film industry.
The institution was founded in 1847 at Byculla in Bombay, British India by a small group of Scottish missionaries as the Scottish Female Orphanage. The orphanage was set up to educate the daughters of Scottish Presbyterian soldiers and Indian Navy Seamen. The success of the Scottish Female Orphanage led to the establishment of a similar institution for boys known as the Orphanage for the Sons of Presbyterians in 1857. In 1859, the Scottish Female Orphanage and the Orphanage for the Sons of Presbyterians were merged to form The Bombay Presbyterian Male and Female Orphanage. In 1863, the name of the institution was altered to the Bombay Scottish Orphanage. On 18 February 1867, the first general meeting of subscribers to the Bombay Scottish Orphanage Trust was held. The institution acquired a large plot of land adjacent to the Mahim Bay. Here a boarding school was built to impart education on the model of British schools. The school building was designed by D. E. Gostling and J. Morris and sanctioned by the Government of Bombay on 15 July 1875. The construction of the school building was commenced on 8 December 1875 by Sir Philip Edmond Wodehouse, then Governor and President in Council. The construction of the Bombay Scottish Orphanage was completed on 28 February 1878 at a cost of ₹84,015. The orphanage was opened by Sir Richard Temple Bart, then Governor and President in Council on 13 April 1878. The children were shifted from Byculla to their new accommodation in the boarding school at Mahim. The orphanage relied on the public to a considerable extent for monetary funds.
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