National Public School, Rajajinagar

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{{short description|School in Bangalore, India}}
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| motto = ''Reach Out, Reach High, Reach Beyond''
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| location = [[Rajajinagar]], [[Bangalore]]
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| oversight = K. P. Gopalkrishna
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'''National Public School''' (or '''NPS-RNR''' or '''NPS-R''') is a school located in [[Bangalore]], [[India]], established in 1959<ref>[http://www.npsinr.com/index.php?file=other_branches National Public School Official Website. "Other Branches."]</ref> by [[K. P. Gopalkrishna]] and consisting of both primary and secondary schools. Its main campus is located on Chord Road, 5th Block, [[Rajajinagar]]. The campus comprises four buildings which house the classrooms, labs and auditorium.

{{clarify-span|The school is one of the few schools in India given full autonomy by the [[Central Board of Secondary Education]]. Classes generally consist of 30–40 children, and the total student strength is 1800 Act.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ramani|first1=Chitra V|title=CBSE withdraws affiliation of six NPS institutions|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/CBSE-withdraws-affiliation-of-six-NPS-institutions/article14624973.ece|accessdate=24 June 2017|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=6 September 2016|location=Bengaluru}}</ref> In the same month, the Karnataka High Court granted a stay order on the disaffiliation of the school and restored full affiliation.|date=July 2020}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/HC-stays-disaffiliation-of-NPS-Group-of-institutions/article14638301.ece|title=HC stays disaffiliation of NPS Group of institutions|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-08-02|language=en}}</ref>

==House system==
{{Unreferenced section|date=September 2017}}Students are divided among four houses: Phoenix (blue), Centaur (red), Pegasus (yellow), and Orion (green). The houses compete each year for two trophies, the Sports Cup awarded for athletics performance, and the House Cup awarded for other merits (drama, science, mathematics, etc.).

==Facilities==
{{Unreferenced section|date=September 2017}}The school has an auditorium, with another one under construction. The auditorium doubles as a sports facility.

The school has senior and junior science laboratories, a computer laboratory and an audiovisual facility, among other facilities.

==Sport==
Volleyball, basketball, football and throw-ball are the only permitted outdoor sports, along with badminton, handball and annual races.

==School events==
The school organizes a bi-annual inter-school competition. The competition, known as Napsonic,<ref>[http://www.npsrnr.com/index.php?page=nsh_naps National Public School]</ref> involves teams from only the sister schools competing to win prizes for events. To ensure fair play, the students of National Public School, Rajajinagar do not participate in the fests that the school usually sponsors.<ref>[http://www.npsrnr.com/index.php?page=nsh_even "National Public School"]</ref>

Each year the school organizes a Graduation Day<ref>[http://www.npsrnr.com/index.php?page=grau2k9-10 National Public School ]</ref> program<ref>[http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2011020762580400.htm&date=2011/02/07/&prd=th& The Hindu: News Report of Graduation Day ]</ref> to bid adieu to the graduating students, during the course of which students hold aloft lamps.

There are sports events conducted for classes 1 to 12 and kindergarten,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121110060742/http://www.hindu.com/yw/2011/04/05/stories/2011040550270400.htm NPS Rajajinagar Kindergarten Sports Day ]</ref> in which the winners enjoy a crown-wearing ceremony, witnessed by the participating section.

==Sister schools==
* [[National Public School, Koramangala]]
* [[National Public School, Indiranagar]]
* [[National Public School, Chennai]]
* [[National Academy For Learning]]
* [[The International School Bangalore]]
* [[National Public School, Mysore]]
* [[National Public School, ITPL]]
* National Public School, HSR
* National Public School International, Singapore

==Notable alumni==
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* [[Ashwini Nachappa]], international athlete from Karnataka
* Vivek V Subramanyam, founder and chief executive officer, Technology Holdings Worldwide (London, UK)
* [[Ambi Subramaniam]], violinist
* [[Ravi Chandran]], Kannada film actor
* [[Bindu Subramaniam]], Carnatic vocalist
* [[D. K. Shivakumar]], president of [[Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee]]
* [[D. K. Suresh]], Member of Parliament, Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha Constituency
* Shashank ND, co-founder and chief executive officer of Cars

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://npsrnr.com/}}

[[Category:High schools and secondary schools in Bangalore]]
[[Category:1959 establishments in Mysore State]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1959]]

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