Doon school
| The Doon School | |
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| Location | |
| The Mall Dehradun – 248001 India (Map) |
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| Information | |
| School type | Independent boarding school |
| Motto | Knowledge our Light |
| Founded | 10 September 1935 |
| Founder | Satish Ranjan Das |
| Sister school |
Welham Girls' School Chand Bagh School |
| School district | Dehradun district |
| Chairman of Governors | Gautam Thapar |
| Headmaster | Matthew Raggett |
| Founder Headmaster | Arthur Edward Foot |
| Faculty | 70 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Age | 13 to 18 |
| Pupils | 550 |
| Campus | 72 acres (297,314 m²) |
| Houses | 5 |
| Student Union/Association | The Doon School Old Boys' Society |
| Colour(s) | Blue and White |
| Publication | The Doon School Weekly |
| Affiliation |
IB ICSE |
| Former pupils | Doscos |
| Annual fees (Base fee) |
₹7,960 (home students) ₹9,950 (international) |
| Website | www.doonschool.com |
The Doon School (informally Doon) is a boys-only independent boarding school in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. It was founded in 1935 by Satish Ranjan Das, a Kolkata lawyer. He prevised a school modelled on the British public school, but alive to Indian ambitions and desires. The school's first headmaster was an Englishman, Arthur E. Foot, who had spent nine years as a science master at Eton College, England before coming to Doon, and returned to England right after India's independence. The present headmaster is Peter McLaughlin, who has occupied the post since 2009 and is the ninth headmaster of the school. He is a member of Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.
The school is a member of G20 Schools and Round Square group. Doon houses roughly 500 pupils aged 13 to 18. Admission to the school is based on a competitive entrance examination and an interview. Every year in January and April, the school admits pupils aged 13 in Grade 7 (known as D-form) and aged 14 in Grade 8 (C-form) respectively. Doon pupils take the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education in tenth grade and are thereafter offered two strands for the final two years: International Baccalaureate (IB) or Indian School Certificate (ISC). The school began offering the IB curriculum only in 2006, before which all pupils had to sit the ISC examinations in twelfth grade.
Doon has consistently been ranked the best residential school of India by media such as BBC, The Times of India and Outlook. Although the school has often been cited as 'Eton of India' by media outlets such as the BBC, The Guardian, Financial Times, The Economist, The Daily Telegraph and Forbes, it strongly eschews the label. Doon remains a boys-only school despite continued pressure from political leaders, including President Pratibha Patil, to become coeducational.Old boys of the school are commonly known as Doscos. Although the total number of Doscos is relatively small (estimated at 5,000 since the school's founding), they include some of India's most prominent politicians, government officials and business leaders. The best known alumnus is former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
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