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Oak Grove School was started by East India Railway Company in 1888 with an endowment fund of Rs 2 lac on the recommendations of the School Committee. In the 19th century Companies and Industrial concerns were mainly driven by profit motive and rarely invested in areas of social concern like Educational institutions, which was mainly left to Religious and Philanthropic Institutions. It was therefore quite creditable on the part of EIR to start an institution like Oak Grove, way back in the 1880's.
The proposal soon took concrete shape and the school started functioning from 1st of June 1888. The Fairlawn School was merged to Oak Grove in 1894, as it could not survive the birth pangs like shortage of staff and accommodation.
The first School building, the present Boys school was designed by Mr. R. Roskell Bayne, the Company's Chief Architect and built under the supervision of Mr. W. Drysdale the Company's Engineer. Earliest recorded history of the school mentions the arrival of Matron and Sergeant Mrs. and Mr. Green on 9th May 1988 as the first official of the school followed by Head teachers Mrs. and Mr. A. C. Chapman on 19th May, who steered the school through its initial teething problems and set it on the path of stable growth over the period of 24 years, which they spent here.
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FACTS
The school was started on 01.06.1888 with 28 boys. On 07.08.1891, Munshi was appointed to teach Urdu as second language. On 16.08.2002, Hon'ble Railway Minister Mr. Nitish Kumar visited Oak Grove School.
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ACADEMICS
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Curriculum
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The school is affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi. English and Hindi are taught as compulsory languages from the initial class and it is necessary to get enough marks in both subjects for promotion to the higher class. -
At the Senior Secondary level all three streams of Science, Humanities and Commerce are offered. Computer is offered as an optional subject at senior secondary level.
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Trivia
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On 09.04.1973, the school began organizing educational tours for students. In 2003, Internet facility was introduced in Oak Grove School. In 2004, NCC Cadet Sankat Mochan was awarded the Governor's Medal and best cadet in Junior Section at National Level.
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Contact Info
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Oak Grove School
Jharipani, Mussoorie Hills, 248001
Dehradun
Uttaranchal
India
Phone: 91 (0) 135 2630200
Fax:
Website: http://www.oakgrove-jharipani.com
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