Netarhat Residential School

Netarhat Residential School is a school in Netarhat, India. The school has a record of producing toppers of the Bihar School Examination Board year after year. After the creation of the state of Jharkhand in 2000, it came under the purview of Jharkhand Board. The students have dominated the Regional Mathematics Olympiad and National Talent Search Examination conducted by the National Council of Educational Research and Training . Students participate in inter-house and inter-set competitions and inter-school competitions. Mr. Bindhyachal Pandey is the present Principal of Netarhat Residential School.HistoryNetarhat Residential School was established on 15 November 1954, after the independence of India for the people of state of Bihar.It was a dream of the first Chief Minister of Bihar, Krishna Singh and his deputy chief minister and finance minister Anugraha Narayan Sinha to establish a centre of excellence. The educationist Frederick Gordon Pearce, Jagadish Chandra Mathur and Sachidanand Sinha played a vital role in making the plans for the School (or Netarhat Vidyalaya). Pearce has received kudos from Rajendra Prasad, then the President of India for his works.AlumniThe alumni association is known as NOBA - Netarhat Old boys Association. There are chapters of NOBA and the members meet regularly. On 12-13th November, 2016, the Ranchi Chapter of NOBA organised the Global NOBA Meet at Mayuri Auditorium, CMPDI Kanke Road, Ranchi to discuss possibilities of giving back to the School and Society.