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About ST. AUGUSTINE
Mrs. E. Gasper’s dream of creating and nurturing a school catering to all communities with a special focus on the Anglo-Indian community, was fulfilled by her husband, Late Mr. C.R. Gasper who founded and pioneered the St. Augustine’s Day group of schools, with a humble beginning in Kolkata at 43 Ripon Street in 1970. He also expanded with two additional campuses in Shyamnagar in 1975 and Barrackpore 1985.
The journey was not an easy one, every hurdle seemed more difficult than the other to overcome. The primary incentive and motivation to move on was the aspiration of nurturing little Indians to capable and responsible ‘‘Global Citizens’’ who would reshape the destiny of their nation. Courage, faith endurance, determination and above all vision helped Mr. C.R. Gasper to surmount all obstacles and turn the dreams into reality.
History of The School
With a desire to do something for the society, Mrs. Edna Gasper (nee Graham) envisaged an English medium co-education school in the vicinity of Central Kolkata. Consequently, after interaction and deliberations with the Anglo Indian and other communities, The St. Augustine Education Society was established in 1970 and the School in Shyamnagar started operation in 1978, to bring up and groom children to meet different challenges of the modern era.
The school has been named after Saint Augustine, a great scholar of the Roman Catholic Church. The intent was to promote and disseminate knowledge for the development of the Anglo - Indian community along with other communities pursuing a desire for education in English medium based schools with a National and Catholic ethos. St. Augustine's Day School, Shyamnagar is situated in the close vicinity of Shyamnagar Railway Station. The positive learning environment of the school renders a serene atmosphere appropriate for a school. The St. Augustine Education Society, registered under the West Bengal Societies Act, 1961, runs and governs the school, which has Nursery to Class XII affiliated to the ICSE and ISC Board. The school is associated with the Anglo- Indian Schools in West Bengal; and has its own Managing Committee which deals with the improvement and development of the school.