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{{Infobox school<br />
| name = Shaheen Public Secondary School Handwara<br />
| logo =<br />
| caption = SPSS Handwara "Official Logo"<br />
| motto = Ad-Adthera Tendons<br />
| motto_translation = Fly Higher & Higher<br />
| address = Umerabad, Khunabal<br />
| city = [[Handwara, Jammu & Kashmir]]<br />
| postal_code = 193221<br />
| country = India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|34.3996|N|74.2817|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| other_names = SPSS Handwara<br />
| schooltype = [[Private school|Private]]<br />
| established = 2002<br />
| founder = Pirzada Shabir Ahmad<br />
| status = [[Secondary school|Secondary]]<br />
| sister_school = Wular Valley College Of Education, [[Bandipora]]<br />
| school_board = [[Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education]]<br />
| district = [[Kupwara district|Kupwara]]<br />
| specialist = Mohammad Kaamil Pirzada<br />
| school_number = <br />
| school_code = 01011004402<br />
| chairman = Pirzada Shabir Ahmad<br />
| principal = Shabnum Kounsar<br />
| teaching_staff = 40+<br />
| employees = 60+<br />
| enrollment = 500+<br />
| classes = Nur-10th<br />
| system = [[Co-education]]<br />
| language = English<br />
| hours_in_day = 6<br />
| classrooms = 30+<br />
| campus_type = Urban<br />
| sports = [[Cricket]], [[Association football|football]], [[volleyball]], [[badminton]], [[Kho Kho]], etc.<br />
| newspaper = Kashmir Rays<br />
| website = {{URL|https://www.spsshandwara.org}} <br />
}}<br />
'''Shaheen Public Secondary School Handwara,''' commonly known as '''''SPSS Handwara''''', is an academic and professional [[Independent school|Private School]]<ref>{{Cite news|title=SPSS Handwara|work=Kashmir Rays|url=https://kashmirrays.com/imageprocessor?image=https%3A%2F%2Fkashmirrays.com%2Fuploads%2Fepaper%2F2020-06%2F5ee260d304a2c.jpg&width=610}}</ref> in the [[Handwara]], a town in the [[Kupwara district]] of the [[Kashmir Valley]] in [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India. It is one of the oldest institutions of secondary education in Handwara.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|title=Shaheen Public School – Handwara, JK 193221 – Neighbourhood Info|url=http://www.neighbourhoodinfo.co.in/school-detail/Shaheen-Public-School-01011004402|access-date=2020-06-21|website=www.neighbourhoodinfo.co.in}}</ref> It has been upgraded to ''Secondary Level'' in 2008. It was established in 2002<ref name="auto1"/> and is recognised by [[Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education|J&K Board Of School Education]].<ref name="auto">{{Citation|title=Public-Private Schools in Rural India|date=2008|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/7767.003.0008|work=School Choice International|publisher=The MIT Press|doi=10.7551/mitpress/7767.003.0008|isbn=978-0-262-27011-3|access-date=2020-06-21|url-access=subscription}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
The school was founded on 13 March 2002 by Pirzada Shabir Ahmad. It is a [[private secondary school]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Private schools in Handwara, Kupwara, Jammu & Kashmir|url=https://www.studyapt.com/schools/private/handwara-kupwara-jammu-and-kashmir|access-date=2020-06-21|website=www.studyapt.com}}</ref> It is recognised by [[JKBOSE|J&K Board Of School Education]]<ref name="auto"/> vide renewed registration order no. '''''131- Aff of 2018''''' dated '''''15-10-2018.''''' It has been upgraded to ''Secondary Level'' in 2008.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|title=Home {{!}} Shaheen Public Sec. School Handwara|url=https://www.spsshandwara.org/|access-date=2020-06-21|website=SPSS Handwara|language=en}}</ref> It is located in [[Handwara, Kupwar, Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref name="auto2"/><br />
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== Notable alumni ==<br />
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* Mohammad Kaamil Pirzada<ref>{{Cite web|title=Managing Director Marketing & SEO Shaheen Public Sec. School Handwara|url=https://www.spsshandwara.org/managing-seo|access-date=2020-06-21|website=SPSS Handwara|language=en}}</ref> - [[Managing director]], [[Marketing|marketing & SEO]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Private schools in Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 2002]]<br />
[[Category:Schools in Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
[[Category:Kupwara district]]<br />
[[Category:2002 establishments in Jammu and Kashmir]]</div>HoracePettigrew