Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector-16, Chandigarh
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]
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Sector - 16 D, Chandigarh, UT 160015 | |
| Coordinates | 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 |
| Sister school | Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 35, Chandigarh |
| School board | Central Board of Secondary Education |
| School code | 04828 |
| Principal | Mrs. Neeta Sandhu |
| Language | English |
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.
Academics
16-Model has emphasized academic achievement ever since its founding in the early 1950s. As a result, its graduating class routinely excels at the annual school leaving examination the AISSCE, as well as India's highly competitive national standardized tests including the Joint Entrance Examination, the NEET and the AIIMS Examination. As many as twenty students from the graduating cohort of the school make it to the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology, with many more winning places at the National Institutes of Technology and the Punjab Engineering College.
Curriculum
The School is affiliated to the internationally-recognised Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi and follows the NCERT curriculum.
Subject areas
The following subjects are offered at the AISSCE level:
Languages
- English Core (Mandatory)
- Hindi Core
- Hindi Elective
- Punjabi
- Sanskrit Core
- French
Sciences
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Mathematics
- Biology
- Computer Science
Business and Commerce
- Business Studies
- Entrepreneurship
- Accountancy
Humanities and Social Sciences
- Economics
- Psychology
- Sociology
- History
- Political Science
- Philosophy
- Geography
- Legal Studies
- Fine Arts
- Music (Vocal)
- Home Science
Non-credit
- Physical Education
- Work Experience
- General Studies
Notable alumni
Politics
- Kapil Sibal,[9][10] prominent lawyer and former Union Minister
- Ambika Soni,[10] Member of Parliament and former Union Minister
- Chander Mohan,[10] former deputy chief minister of Haryana
- Deepak-Raj Gupta, [11] Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, first PIO to get elected to Australian parliament
Academia
- Manohar Lal Munjal, scientist and professor at the Indian Institute of Science
- Vijay K. Dhir, professor and former Dean of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at UCLA
- Sunil Saigal, professor and former Dean of the Newark College of Engineering
- K. K. Aggarwal, professor and founding Vice Chancellor of the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University.
Arts
- D. S. Kapoor, art historian and former principal of Government College of Arts, Chandigarh
Armed Forces
- Lt. Nishant Karol, Indian Army martyr.[12] Every year the school hosts an intra-school quiz competition in his memory.
See also
References
- "School History | Govt. Model Senior Secondary School, Sector-16, Chandigarh". gmsss16.com. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- TwoCircles.net. "Chandigarh government schools in great demand | TwoCircles.net". twocircles.net. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- "GMSSS-16 sets highest cut-off in all streams - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- "CBSE DISCLOSURE (OASIS) | Govt. Model Senior Secondary School, Sector-16, Chandigarh". gmsss16.com. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- "GMSSS-16 sets highest cut-off in all streams - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- "Class XI: Cut-offs for govt schools in Chandigarh released". The Indian Express. 2 July 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- "Govt. Model Senior Secondary School, Sector-16, Chandigarh | 16 model". gmsss16.com. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- Joshi, Kiran (1999). Documenting Chandigarh: the Indian Architecture of Pierre Jeanneret, Edwin Maxwell Fry, Jane Beverly Drew (Vol. 1). Ahmedabad: Mapin Publishing.
- "Made in Chandigarh: Retain Chandigarh's character, says Kapil Sibal". hindustantimes.com/. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- "Chandigarh govt schools 'in demand' | igovernment.in". igovernment.in. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- Jul 21, TNN | Updated; 2019; Ist, 10:28. "DAV college alumnus becomes first Indian to get elected in Australian parliament | Chandigarh News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 August 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- "Body of Lt Nishant Karol cremated - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
External links
- Google. "Government Model Senior Secondary School" (Map). Google Maps. Google.