About Us
Motto
The institutional purpose of Shillong Jail Road Boys’ Higher-Secondary School is summed in its entirety by the following expression of Sanskrit
“ জ্ঞানাৎ পরতরঃ নহি “
Which, in an inference of simplicity, may be stated as
“ Knowledge is Supreme ”.
Notwithstanding the specifics when rendered in English, we see the most practical connotations of our motto as those of academic decorum, the perpetuity of educational refinement, a rootedness in humility and by implication, one also, in intellectual honesty. These we strive to imbibe within our students as everyday practices of habit and also, as elements in a broader world-view.
Emblem
The emblem of our school is centered on a white swan, in waters adorned by sprigs of the lotus. Regal and resplendent, it bobs about on gleaming ripples as an ascendant dawn, its beams piercing the heavens, completes a fitting backdrop.
The visual elements in this imagining are drawn from the sacred symbology of India’s antiquity with the swan as an embodiment of limitless promise, the lotus sprigs signifying the paths of scholarly devotion and the rising sun, of the ennoblement consequent in learning.
Concentric rings circumscribe the central opus and bear between them, the name of our school in English and our ‘Motto’, in Bangla. These straddle diametrically-opposite arcs, atop and below the image, with their words and their syllabic characters conveying a harmonious cultural dyad within the aspirational framework of our school.
বিদ্যালয় গীত / School Song
Sung in Bangla and attributed anecdotally in our school’s lore to our former headmaster Shri Satish Chandra Sikidar, the words in our ‘School Song’ weave for a pupil – a seamless tapestry of national and institutional pride, lofty ambitions, secular sensibilities and the virtues of proper conduct, altruism and hard work.
Deft, intrepid and nonchalantly antiquarian, our ‘Song’ is an upwelling of inspiration sought among the verdant rolling hills of Shillong, its whistling, terpene-scented pine needles and the ceaseless burbling of its brook, the Umkhrah.
শিলং শৈলের উমখ্রা তীরে
জেইল রোডের বিদ্যালয় ।
আমরা তাহার ছাত্র
সুনাম ছড়াব বিশ্বময় ।
ধর ঝাণ্ডা দিলকো
ঠান্ডা রাখো ভাই
হও উচ্চ শির ।
ভারত মাতার সেবক সবাই
দানে ধর্মে কর্মে বীর ।
শিলং শৈলের উমখ্রা তীরে
জেইল রোডের বিদ্যালয় ।
আমরা তাহার ছাত্র
সুনাম ছড়াব বিশ্বময় ।
নহি হিন্দু , নহি মুসলমান,
নহি খ্রিষ্টান, নহি শিখ ।
আমাদের জাত মানবজাতি
আমরা ভারত নাগরিক ।
শিলং শৈলের উমখ্রা তীরে
জেইল রোডের বিদ্যালয় ।
আমরা তাহার ছাত্র
সুনাম ছড়াব বিশ্বময়….
বিশ্বময় ….. বিশ্বময় ।
Objectives & Horizons
Our core objectives are an alternate articulation of our ‘Mission Statement’ and are as follows :
- To ensure minimum basic facilities for academic dissemination.
- To continually strive for capacity expansion at all levels within our school’s corpus.
- To make our educational facilities accessible for all socio-economic brackets.
- To ensure holistic development for children within the educational ambit of our school.
- To pursue excellence in academics and thus instill the values of morality, rational inquiry and ethics.
- To develop a spirit of tolerance, humanistic fraternity and national cohesion within our students and to train them mentally, morally and physically in becoming responsible citizens of India and the world at large.
Surmised here, is the school’s physical infrastructure and the possibilities for its enhancement and augmentation, as may be manifest. Of equal importance is our fluency in being able to assimilate the latest methods for teaching within our classrooms and laboratories, where IT-enabled educational solutions are collectively seen as a logical orientation for the school’s future alignment.
Managing Committee
The Managing Committee of the Shillong Jail Road Boys’ Higher-Secondary School operates within the framework of a constitution that has been approved by the District School Educational Officer (DSEO) and is presently administered by the following fourteen members :
| Sl. No. | Designation | Names and respective affiliations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | President | Dr. Malay Dey (Former Principal of Shillong College, Shillong) |
| 2 | Secretary | Shri Jibananda Pal (Incumbent Principal of JRBHSS) |
| 3 | Joint-Secretary | Smt. Sutapa Das (Incumbent Vice-Principal, JRBHSS) |
| 4 | Teachers' Representative | Shri Sanjib Kr. Bhattacharjee (Asstt. Lecturer, JRBHSS) |
| 5 | Teachers' Representative | Shri Ashim Dey (Asstt. Teacher, JRBHSS) |
| 6 | Guardians' Representative | Shri Sujit Chanda |
| 7 | Guardians' Representative | Smt. Depali Deb Nath |
| 8 | Donors' Representative | Shri Manas Halder |
| 9 | Nominated Member | Smt. Dipika Deb (Asstt. Teacher, Jail Road Boys’ L.P. School, Shillong) |
| 10 | Nominated Member | Shri Puranjit Das |
| 11 | Nominated Member | Dr. Tilak Dasgupta (Advocate, High Court, Shillong) |
| 12 | Nominated Member | Dr. Atanu Bhattacharjee (Professor, Dept. Of Bio-Informatics, NEHU, Shillong) |
| 13 | Nominated Member | Dr. Shankar Sharma (Associate Professor, Shillong College, Shillong) |
| 14 | Nominated Member | Shri Sudip Kumar Dhar (Chartered Accountant, Jail Road, Shillong) |
School Magazine
Titled ‘জাগরন’, transliterated as ‘Jagaran’ and translated into – ‘An Awakening’, our school magazine has been a yearly, multi-lingual publication that serves principally as a creative canvas for the literary and artistic expressions of our pupils. There are also articles by our faculty members that are of an expansive generality. Additionally, it details the recent achievements of the school in academia, sports and in our infrastructural improvements. Finally, the magazine is also an album of our recollections, of the age-tinted memories of our alumni and of reminiscing on the decades that our school has grown through.
General Norms
Students are required to attend classes in full school uniform. Any sort of indecent behaviour or breach of the school’s discipline is considered a serious offence. Each student must have a school identity card and must be able to produce the same, if and when asked for. Duplicate identity cards can be issued on the payment of a fine.
The school fees are to be paid non-refundably at the Jail Road branch of the Punjab National Bank (the former branch of the United Bank of India at Jail Road). Students taking a Transfer Certificate during an academic year will have to clear all school dues until the end of that year.
All terms and conditions set forth here, including the school fees, are liable to be changed from session to session.
School Uniform
Boys
Greyish blue shirt, grey pants, sky blue sweater, grey blazer, navy blue socks, navy blue neck-tie and black shoes.
Girls
Grey round-neck kurta, white salwar, grey blazer, white chunni, navy blue socks and black shoes.