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Missionary school in Jammu and Kashmir, India

Tyndale Biscoe School (TBS)
Tyndale Biscoe School Motto
Location
Sheikh Bagh, Lal Chowk, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir
Srinagar
India
Coordinates34°04′17″N 74°48′44″E / 34.071402°N 74.812234°E / 34.071402; 74.812234
Information
Former nameHadow Public School
TypePrivate School
MottoIn All Things Be Men
Established1880; 144 years ago (1880)
FounderRev. J.H Knowles
Sister school
Educational authorityTyndale Biscoe and Mallinson Society, Srinagar, Diocese of Amritsar, Church of North India (CNI)
PrincipalMabel Youzon
GenderBoys
LanguageEnglish
CampusUrban
Area84 kanals (including the Mallinson Girls School)
Houses
  •   Kolahoi
  •   Harmukh
  •   Tatakuti
  •   Mahadev
SportsFootball, basketball, cricket, hockey, water polo, swimming, volleyball, badminton, etc.
NicknameBiscoits, Biscoe Boys
AffiliationJammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education
Websitetbmes.org/TBS/home.aspx

Tyndale Biscoe School is a school in the Sheikh Bagh neighbourhood, in the Lal Chowk area of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. The school was founded in 1880 CE and is one of the oldest schools in Jammu and Kashmir, the oldest being S.P school which was founded in 1874 CE. The school was started by Christian missionaries and was named after Canon Cecil Tyndale-Biscoe (1863–1949). It still has affiliations with the Church Mission Society. The first principal was Reverend J.H.Knowles.

Departments

The school has five departments.

Department Classes
Lower Primary Department Nursery to II
Junior Department III to V
Middle Department VI to VIII
Senior Department IX and X
Higher Secondary (Science Stream only) XI and XII

Activities

Tyndale Biscoe School is known for its extra-curricular activities, especially swimming, skiing, mountain climbing, camping and regatta. School placed emphasis on physical activities including mountaineering, trekking, boating, football, cricket, and swimming stimulating sense of courage, masculinity and physical fitness.

When football was introduced in the Valley by Missionary School, there was resistance initially. Students felt the cow leather was holy and touching the ball, made out of it, was blasphemous. Instead they played football with a wooden clog (known as Khraav in Kashmiri) in their feet. Similarly, when boating was introduced in Mission School students did not like boating because, in Kashmiri society, boatmen weren't consider respectable members of the society. But later it was adopted and the Mission School boys became efficient paddlers and rowers.

Regatta organised by Tyndale Biscoe School in May 1948
India's first Prime Minister visited Regatta held by Tyndale Biscoe School in May 1948 during his Kashmir Visit

History

Rev. J.H. Knowles, in 1880, laid the foundation of the C.M.S. (Church Mission Society) School on the hospital premises (Modern Chest Disease Hospital, Drugjan) in Srinagar. The school was started with 5 pupils. In 1883, the number of boys in the school increased to 30.

In 1890, the Government permitted the C.M.S. to shift the school to downtown, and it was moved from the hospital premises (Drugjan) to a large house and compound on the river bank in the middle of the city at Fateh Kadal. As a result of this, the number of students increased to about 200 in 1890. Canon C.E. Tyndale-Biscoe joined the school in 1891, there were 250 pupils on the school roll. The primary school grew into a middle school and eventually into a high school. The high school was designated the Hadow Memorial School after the name of its honorary treasurer for 40 years. Eventually, five other mission schools were set up, one each in different parts of the capital city and one in Anantnag.

Notable alumni

References

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