and 12 are divided into two 'streams' known as Science and Arts (Humanities). Faculty As of March 2006 around 40 teachers are teaching in the school. Extracurricular Activities A football tournament is held during the summer. Intra-section competitions as well as inter-section and inter-class ones ensure that almost every student gets a chance to play at the official tournament. During the winter, a cricket tournament of smaller scope is held. The annual sports competition is held in two stages, a heat followed by the finals. The events include sprints (50 meters, 100 meters, 200 meters depending on different grades), shot put, long jump. The students engage in sports (mostly football with some playing cricket) during the recess (commonly called the tiffin period) which lasts for 20 minutes from Monday to Friday. There is no recess on Saturday (it is a half-day), while on Sunday the school is closed. The annual prize distribution ceremony sees plays, vocational and instrumental music performed by the students as well as other cultural programs held at the Derozio Hall. During the year other smaller cultural programs take place in the school, mainly featuring Rabindra Sangeets. The school participates in quiz contests, debates, extempores and yoga competitions. The largest festival is the Saraswati Puja, which is organised by the students of the school. A science exhibition usually accompanies the two-day festival. There is a controversy over whether the school should celebrate a religious festival like Saraswati Puja as it is under a constitutionally secular government, however students have tended to support holding the puja. As with most major religious festivals of Bengal, the puja can be said to transcend religious boundaries and become an almost secular signature of Bengali culture as a whole. Notable alumni Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar Surendranath Dasgupta Krishna Kanta Handique Bimal Krishna Matilal Abanindranath Tagore J. C. Bhattacharyya Sivanath Sastri Sanskrit Uniform The uniform is a white shirt with olive green shorts or trousers, white socks and black shoes. Physical education days require a white trouser and white cades instead and in winter olive green sweaters are allowed. The school badge is pinned to the shirt. Boys' schools in India Schools in Colonial India Primary schools in West Bengal High schools and secondary schools in West Bengal Schools in Kolkata Educational institutions established in 1824 1824 establishments in British India