Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector-16, Chandigarh
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| Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector-16 D, Chandigarh | |
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Sector - 16 D, Chandigarh, UT 160015 | |
| Coordinates | 30°44′49″N 76°46′27″E / 30.7470785°N 76.774029°E |
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| Other names | GMSSS-16, 16-Model |
| School type | State-funded Public High School |
| Motto | Strive to Rise |
| Established | 1954 |
| School board | Central Board of Secondary Education |
| School code | 04828 |
| Principal | Mrs. Bhavneet Kaur |
| Language | English |
| Website | http://gmsss16.com |
Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector-16 (often called GMSSS-16 or simply 16-Model) is a State-funded co-educational secondary school located in Chandigarh, India, educating students in grades K–12. Founded in 1954,[1] it is the oldest school in Chandigarh and among the most selective.[2][3] The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education and offers twenty-three subjects at the AISSCE level,[4] among the highest for any school in the region.[5][6] It also claims a 100% pass percentage at the All India Secondary School Certificate Examination level.[4]
The school's main building was designed by Swiss architect Pierre Jeanneret, along with Bhanu Pratap Mathur and Jugal Kishore Chowdhary, in line with the former's modernist ideals[7][8] and was inaugurated by the then Commissioner of the Union Territory of Chandigarh in 1954.
Curriculum
The School is affiliated to the internationally-recognised Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi and follows the NCERT curriculum.
Subject areas
The following subjects are offered at the AISSCE level:
Languages
- English Core (Mandatory)
- Hindi Core
- Hindi Elective
- Punjabi
- Sanskrit Core
- French
Sciences
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Mathematics
- Biology
- Computer Science
Business and Commerce
- Business Studies
- Entrepreneurship
- Accountancy
Humanities and Social Sciences
- Economics
- Psychology
- Sociology
- History
- Political Science
- Philosophy
- Geography
- Legal Studies
- Fine Arts
- Music (Vocal)
- Home Science
Non-credit
- Physical Education
- Work Experience
- General Studies
Notable alumni
Politics
- Kapil Sibal,[9][10] prominent lawyer and former Union Minister
- Ambika Soni,[10] Member of Parliament and former Union Minister
- Chander Mohan,[10] former deputy chief minister of Haryana
- Deepak-Raj Gupta,[11] Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, first PIO to get elected to Australian parliament
Academia
- Manohar Lal Munjal, scientist and professor at the Indian Institute of Science
- Vijay K. Dhir, professor and former Dean of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at UCLA
- Sunil Saigal, professor and former Dean of the Newark College of Engineering
- K. K. Aggarwal, professor and founding Vice Chancellor of the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University.
- Paras Anand,[12] Scientist and Group Leader at Imperial College London.
Arts
- D. S. Kapoor, art historian and former principal of Government College of Arts, Chandigarh
Armed Forces
- Lt. Nishant Karol, Indian Army martyr.[13] Every year the school hosts an intra-school quiz competition in his memory.
