Kalikrishna Girls' High School, is a high school

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 for girls on the town of Barasat

Barasat

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 near Kolkata

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 in the India

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n state of West Bengal

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. The school has class I to XII. It is one of the oldest girls' school in India. Kalikrishna Mitra, with the support of Nabinkrishna Mitra and Peary Charan Sarkar

Peary Charan Sarkar

Peary Charan Sarkar , spelled Pyari Churn Sircar or Pyari Charan Sarkar in contemporary documents, was an educationist and textbook writer in nineteenth century Bengal. His series of Reading Books introduced a whole generation of Bengalis to the English language, sold in the millions and were...

established the school in 1847, the first non-government girls’ school, run by Indians.

Primary section i.e. I to IV runs in morning session with the separate teaching body and the day section is from V to XII.
This school is founded by Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar.