Nripendra Narayan Memorial High School
| Nripendra Narayan Memorial High School, Tufanganj নৃপেন্দ্র নারায়ন মেমোরিয়াল উচ্চ বিদ্যালয়, তুফানগঞ্জ |
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 Logo of the NNM High School |
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Tufanganj Main Road, Tufanganj, Kochbihar, West Bengal, 736159 |
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| Established | 26 March 1916 |
| Founder | His Highness Maharaja Jitendra Narayan, the Maharaja of Koch Bihar |
| School district | Kochbihar |
| Headmaster | Dr. Ramkrishna Pramanik |
| Faculty | 40 |
| Grades | V to XII |
| Number of students | 1600 |
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Navy blue Red White |
| Publication | Ushashi (School magazine) |
| Affiliation | WBBSE & WBCHSE |
| Website | www |
Coordinates: 26°18′59″N 89°39′55″E / 26.31639°N 89.66528°E
Nripendra Narayan Memorial High School (Bengali: নৃপেন্দ্র নারায়ন মেমোরিয়াল উচ্চ বিদ্যালয়) (commonly known as NNM High School) is the oldest educational institution in Tufanganj subdivision. It is at the center of the town and is of historical importance regarding education in pre-independent India. The school was established in 1916 by His Highness Maharaja Jitendra Narayan, the Maharaja of Koch Bihar and is named after the late Highness Maharaja Nripendra Narayan.
The school is a full-fledged higher secondary school with two streams (general and vocational) in its higher secondary section. It has been working to impart education and professional training for the students to develop human resources. Admission to the secondary section is for boys only. However, the higher secondary section admits both boys and girls. With more than 1000 students, it is one of the biggest schools in India.
NNM High School showed a consistently high success rate in Secondary and Higher Secondary examinations, often reaching 100 percent. In 2006, the school set an all-time record in the history of higher secondary examination.
NNM High School was established in 1916 by His Highness the Maharaja of Cooch Behar. Despite being in the most backward area of the State of Cooch Behar, the school used to get the highest amount of financial aid from the state. The school got recognition to appear as a high school from the University of Calcutta in 1917. It was permanently recognized as a school competent to present candidates at Matriculation Examination of University of Calcutta in 1923.
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