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Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector-16 D, Chandigarh | |
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Sector - 16 D, Chandigarh, UT 160015 | |
Coordinates | 30°44′49″N 76°46′27″E / 30.7470785°N 76.774029°E |
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Other names | GMSSS-16, 16-Model |
School type | State-funded Public High School |
Motto | Strive to Rise |
Established | 1954 |
School board | Central Board of Secondary Education |
School code | 04828 |
Principal | Mrs. Bhavneet Kaur |
Language | English |
Website | http://gmsss16.com |
Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector-16 (often called GMSSS-16 or simply 16-Model) is a State-funded co-educational secondary school located in Chandigarh, India, educating students in grades K–12. Founded in 1954, [1] it is the oldest school in Chandigarh and among the most selective. [2] [3] The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education and offers twenty-three subjects at the AISSCE level, [4] among the highest for any school in the region. [5] [6] It also claims a 100% pass percentage at the All India Secondary School Certificate Examination level. [4]
The school's main building was designed by Swiss architect Pierre Jeanneret, along with Bhanu Pratap Mathur and Jugal Kishore Chowdhary, in line with the former's modernist ideals [7] [8] and was inaugurated by the then Commissioner of the Union Territory of Chandigarh in 1954.
The School is affiliated to the internationally-recognised Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi and follows the NCERT curriculum.
The following subjects are offered at the AISSCE level:
Languages
Sciences
Business and Commerce
Humanities and Social Sciences
Non-credit
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (May 2018) |
Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector-16 D, Chandigarh | |
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Location | |
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Sector - 16 D, Chandigarh, UT 160015 | |
Coordinates | 30°44′49″N 76°46′27″E / 30.7470785°N 76.774029°E |
Information | |
Other names | GMSSS-16, 16-Model |
School type | State-funded Public High School |
Motto | Strive to Rise |
Established | 1954 |
School board | Central Board of Secondary Education |
School code | 04828 |
Principal | Mrs. Bhavneet Kaur |
Language | English |
Website | http://gmsss16.com |
Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector-16 (often called GMSSS-16 or simply 16-Model) is a State-funded co-educational secondary school located in Chandigarh, India, educating students in grades K–12. Founded in 1954, [1] it is the oldest school in Chandigarh and among the most selective. [2] [3] The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education and offers twenty-three subjects at the AISSCE level, [4] among the highest for any school in the region. [5] [6] It also claims a 100% pass percentage at the All India Secondary School Certificate Examination level. [4]
The school's main building was designed by Swiss architect Pierre Jeanneret, along with Bhanu Pratap Mathur and Jugal Kishore Chowdhary, in line with the former's modernist ideals [7] [8] and was inaugurated by the then Commissioner of the Union Territory of Chandigarh in 1954.
The School is affiliated to the internationally-recognised Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi and follows the NCERT curriculum.
The following subjects are offered at the AISSCE level:
Languages
Sciences
Business and Commerce
Humanities and Social Sciences
Non-credit