YWCA ENGLISH SCHOOL
YWCA school was started at Satribari as a project of the YWCA of Guwahati with an aim to impart quality education to the students.
We believe that every child comes with their unique skill sets and personalities. Therefore, we on an education model which caters to each child by fostering on academic excellence and all-round development resulting in the holistic growth of the child.
Our accomplishments over the past forty years exemplify our core strength – our caring and committed teaching and non teaching force. They imbibe our students with values and morale and makes learning a joyful experience. For the YWCA School, it’s a family affair.
About YWCA School
YWCA English School (renamed YWCA Senior Secondary School) is a co–educational institution open to students belonging to all communities irrespective of caste, creed, and religion or of their economic background. It is a private school, run by a Managing Committee with advisors and members without any financial aid or assistance from the Government. The school maintains a qualified and highly experienced teaching staff. It has shown uniformly good examination results over the years. The most remarkable achievements of the school were the second and third batches in 1989 and 1990 when two students secured the 19th and 11th positions respectively among the first twenty rank holders under the SEBA. The overall results have always been good and students have been well placed in good schools and colleges. Needless to say that YWCA English School (now YWCA Senior Secondary School) occupies a place of pride among the best schools in the city.
Our History
After the creation of the new state of Meghalaya in 1973 , a large number of officials and other employees working in the Assam Secretariat and other Government offices who had to come down to Guwahati found it difficult to get their children admitted in to the few English medium schools that existed then in Guwahati. The YWCA Guwahati rose to the occasion and Ms Constance Anbu, Ms Clara Singha and Dr Renu Prabha Momin Bordoloi, prominent members of this organization and education ist took the initiative of starting an English medium school at Satribari.
At the initial stage, they had to face many difficulties, mainly financial, but with courage and conviction had overcome them and started the school with three classes. The nursery and classes A and B enrolled 97 pupils in a bamboo thatched house. Since the school was established with the aim of providing best possible primary education, it was kept at the primary level for some years. But due to public pressure the management reconsidered their decision and classes up to V were introduced in 1982. Thereafter, every year a new class was introduced till it became a full fledged high school in 1987.
The school started in 1974 with three honorary teachers under the able guidance of late guidance of late M S Anbu, superintendent of White Memorial Hostel, who had many years of teaching experience in Pine Mount School, Shillong and Nichol’s school, Guwahati. Till 1982, none was appointed permanently as Headmistress and Ms. Senehi Das was appointed as the acting headmistress. In 1984, Ms. Lydia Singha, retired headmistress of Golaghat Mission High School joined the school as the headmistress. With her appointment as Headmistress, having many years of administrative and teaching experience, the school made rapid progress in all aspects. On the retirement of Ms. Singha in 1990 after rendering valuable service to the institution, Mrs. B. J. Basumatary, another accomplished lady, took over the charge as its headmistress. She continued here till 2004. After that in 2005, Mrs. Jane Pio took over the charge as headmistress and continued till June 2017. After that from July, 2017 Mrs. Gitali Choudhury Ghosh has been continuing as acting headmistress in this institution.
The school upgraded to a Junior college for women initially. From 1996 onwards it has been imparting Humanities education in the Senior Secondary section under the AHSEC. Considering the necessity of growth , the Junior college section is now integrated with the school section and is now a full fledged Senior Secondary School.
Recently in February 2021, a full fledged Principal, Dr (Mrs) Bobita Das Saju was appointed by the YWCA to take over the charge of both Secondary and Senior Secondary sections of the school. Dr Das has a wide range of experiences in the field of academics and administration of more than 25 years. A lot of hope and expectations has now been entrusted on her to take forward the school.
Our History
After the creation of the new state of Meghalaya in 1973, a large number of officials and other employees working in the Assam Secretariat and other Government offices who had to come down to Guwahati found it difficult to get their children admitted in to the few English Medium schools that existed then in Guwahati. The YWCA Guwahati rose to the occasion and Ms. Constance Anbu, Ms. Clara Singha and Dr. Renu Prabha Momin Bordoloi, prominent members of this organization and educationist took the initiative of starting an English medium school at Satribari.
At the initial stage they had to face many difficulties, mainly financial, but with courage and conviction had overcome them and started the school with three classes. The nursery and classes A and B. Enrolled 97 pupils in a bamboo thatched house. Since the school was established with the aim of providing best possible primary education, it was kept at the primary level for some years. But due to public pressure the management reconsidered their decision and classes up to V was introduced in 1982. Thereafter, every year a new class was introduced till it became a full fledged High school in 1987.
The school started in 1974 with three honorary teachers under the able guidance of late Ms. Anbu, superintendent of White Memorial Hostel, who had many years of teaching experience in Pine Mount School, Shillong and Nichols school, Guwahati. Till 1982 none was appointed permanently as headmistress and Mrs. Senehi Das was appointed as the acting headmistress. In 1984 Ms. Lydia Singha, retired headmistress of Golaghat Mission High School joined the school as the headmistress. With her appointment as Headmistress, having many years of administrative and teaching experience, the school made rapid progress in all aspects. On the retirement of Ms. Singha in 1990 after rendering valuable service to the institution, Mrs. B. J. Basumatary, another accomplished lady, took over charge as its headmistress. She continued here till 2004. After that in 2005 Mrs. Jane Pio took over the charge as headmistress and continued till June 2017. After that from July, 2017 Mrs. Gitali Choudhury Ghosh has been continuing as acting headmistress in this institution.
YWCA English School is a co-educational institution open to students belonging to all communities irrespective of caste, creed, religion or of their economic background. It is a private school, run by a managing committee with advisors and members, without any financial aid or assistance from the government. The school maintains a brilliant and highly qualified teaching staff and has shown uniformly good examination result over the years. The most remarkable achievement of the school was the second and third batches in 1989 and 1990 when two students secured the 19th and 11th positions respectively among the first twenty rank holders under SEBA. Needless to say that YWCA English school occupies a pride of place among the best school in the city.
Our Courses
Field trips, excursions, activities, projects and presentations provide experiential learning opportunities. Dance, Fine Arts, Western and Indian Music, Yoga, Speech and Drama promote well-rounded development.
We also have a dedicated School Counselor to interact with the students.
The wearing of jewellery to school is not encouraged and children are asked to only wear stud earrings (one in each ear) if they have their ears pierced. For safety reasons, earrings must be removed for PE unless you sign a disclaimer, available from the school office
