29 Alagirisami Salai, K.K.Nagar, Chennai – 600 078 (Ph: +91 44 23663165); 15 Lake First Main Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai – 600 034 (Ph: +91 44 28172459)
Uniform
Primary(LKG, UKG):Red/green checked shirts, red/green shorts in alternate years and similar for girls. High School(1st-5th): blue checked shirts, blue shorts and similar for girls. Secondary(6th-8th): Ashfab colours: brown Striped shirts, brown shorts/pants and pink salwar kameez for girls.
Senior Secondary(9th-12th) Yellow and grey checks with grey pant for boys and Grey jacket, grey and checks top for girls.
The PSBB School in Chennai was established in 1958 by a group of housewives of the Nungambakkam Ladies Recreation Club. There were 13 students in a thatched shed on the terrace of the residence of the dean and director of the school, Mrs. Y. G. Parthasarathy. The land was donated by the family of the famous Table Tennis Player, Venugopal Chandrasekhar. At the time the school did not have many facilities.[1] Today the school has 5 branches (including PSBB Millennium) with over 8000 students and 500 staff.
The school was started with the vision of providing children with an Indianised version of education, one that would promote knowledge of Sanskrit shlokas, music, dance and reflect the Indian tradition.[2]
In 1959, one year after its inception, the school shifted to a campus of its own at the present premises in Nungambakkam. It followed the Madras Matriculation System unit of Madras University. As the school grew, the need to extend its branches arose and thus emerged the T. P. Road Junior School in 1971, as an annex to the school in Nungambakkam. In 1978, the school was affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Educations, New Delhi.
In 1976 another branch of the PSBB School, affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, was started in a residential area of K. K. Nagar with 5-acre (20,000 m2) surroundings. The K. K. Nagar branch has seen forty eight batches pass out.[clarification needed] PSBB adopted the shift system[clarification needed] in the 1970s and 1980s to satisfy the growing demands of the residents of the city. PSBB has been visited by (former) President of India A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. The K. K. Nagar branch is one of its biggest schools in the city.[3]
In 2010, Mrs.Y.G. Parthasarathy, Dean of the PSBB Schools, received the Padma Shri in Education and Literature from the Government of India.
In 2012–2013, the PSBB group of schools was ranked first in the South zone and came third in India under the Day Schools Category as per the EducationWorld – C Fore Survey 2011.[4]
A 10-year-old boy drowned in the swimming pool of the Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan's school at K.K Nagar, in August 2012. Police arrested five people, including three swim coaches, in connection with the death of M. Ranjan of class 4, the child of movie producer R N R Manohar. The boy was missing at the end of the swim session. According to the city police, Ranjan allegedly experienced nausea after completing his second lap in a four-foot deep swimming pool. He was seen climbing up the ladder to get out, but fell into the water. Ranjan was rushed to a medical facility where he was pronounced dead. On receiving a complaint filed by Ranjan's father, the police arrested the swim coaches for causing death by negligence, following a preliminary post-mortem report that revealed the boy had drowned. The school had outsourced coaching to a private firm where four coaches had been assigned. Police said the witnesses gave contradictory accounts about what happened during the swim session and the investigating officer said that the student was alive when he was pulled out of the water, but was not properly resuscitated. Investigators said the boy had drowned due to the incompetence of swim instructors and trainers.[6][7][8]
The Deputy Commissioner of Police told NDTV that the coaches were standing around the pool when the students were in the water and also said that the coaches should have been alert and watchful in the water. Pattali Makkal Katchi's leader S. Ramadoss ordered the arrest of the school's correspondent. He said, "It just demonstrates how schools that extract lakhs of rupees as fees and fleece in the name of swimming lessons do not pay attention to safety. All such illegal swimming pools in private schools should be shut down."[9]
The Madras High Court called for details of the fees earned by the school for swimming and other extra-curricular activities the next day after the student's death. At the court, senior lawyer Vijay Narayan said that the school had swimming lessons during the day and that every student in the school had to compulsorily sign up for swimming, although the pool could accommodate a maximum of 15 students at a time. The counsel said, "If 30 boys are placed in the pool under the guidance of one coach, such accidents are bound to happen."[10]
Sexual abuse allegations
PSBB school suspended Rajagopalan, a male teacher who was eventually arrested[11] after many allegations of sexual harassment were reported against him by current students and alumni of the school. The school made the move after over a 1,000 alumni coerced, such as actress Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli and the CEO of AGS Cinemas Archana Kalpathi, demanding a full inquiry into the allegations. The teacher has been accused of touching students inappropriately, comments on students' bodies inappropriately, slut-shaming them, asking them out, turning up to online class topless while only wearing a towel around his waist, and sharing links to pornography to his students. The allegations started to pile up when a former student of PSBB, sharing an instance of sexual harassment one of her friends experienced at the school from the teacher, via Instagram. Moments after that, several other students posted about their own experiences, hence sparking an influx of allegations of similar misbehaviour from him.[12][13] Many claimed that PSBB is a reactionary school that mocks women and admires casteism, filled with fanatics of a specific caste.[14]
Y. G. Mahendran, one of the Trustees of the school's Board, confirmed the suspension pending inquiry. Several politicians of Tamil Nadu also joined the demand for justice, including the DMK's MPsKanimozhi Karunanidhi, Dayanidhi Maran and Thamizhachi Thangapandian, Congress MP Jothimani and PMK chief Ramadoss. Maran also wrote to the Union Minister for Education, Ramesh Pokhriyal, seeking appropriate investigation into the matter and to probe lapses in the mechanism that is there to address similar issues. Speaking to the reporters, Tamil Nadu School Education minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi said the department would take action against the teacher if he was found guilty.[13][12] Social media has been abuzz with demands of justice for the survivors and accountability from the management. A number of right wing activists, including a few Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders have come out in support of the school.[15] but the justice for the girls who get abuse are still denied by the school management.
References
^. The Hindu. Chennai, India. 22 February 2008. Archived from the original on 25 February 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
^Balasubramanian, Roshne (31 December 2017). "92 years of a young rebel". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^. The Hindu. 2 December 2005. Archived from the original on 21 April 2006. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
^Nima Rakheja. "India's Most Respected Schools 2011". Indiaprwire.com. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
^Ramakrishnan, Sushmitha (7 August 2019). "Renowned educationist and PSBB founder Mrs YGP dies". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^"School correspondent booked in swimming accident case". The Hindu. 18 August 2012. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
^"Boy drowns in school swimming pool, 5 held". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
^"Boy drowns in school pool". The Asian Age. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
^"Boy dies in school swimming pool in Chennai, PMK demands arrest of Correspondent". NDTV.com. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
^Subramani, A. "Boy death: HC seeks details of fees, pulls up parents". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
^"There Are Other Teachers Like Me: Chennai Teacher Rajagopalan's Shocking Confessions to Police". 25 May 2021.
^ ab"PSBB suspends teacher accused of sexual harassment". The News Minute. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
^ abRaman, A. Ragu; Selvaraj, A. (24 May 2021). "PSBB school KK Nagar: Chennai school suspends teacher following sexual harassment complaints by students and alumni". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
^"PSBB school's caste mentality & sexual accusation". You Turn. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
^"TN: PSBB School Students Share Horrifying Incidents of Sexual Harassment, Right Wing Groups 'Support' School". NewsClick. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
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PSBB redirects here For the COVID 19 social restriction see Indonesia large scale social restrictions Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan PSBB is a group of schools located in Chennai India The school was founded by educationalist Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy 1925 2019 also known as Mrs YGP citation needed Padma Seshadri Bala BhavanLocationTamil Nadu Chennai Coimbatore CuddaloreKarnataka BangaloreTelangana HyderabadIndiaInformationSchool typeSenior Secondary SchoolMotto Knowledge is Power Established1959FounderRajalakshmi ParthasarathySchool districtChennai Coimbatore Bangalore HyderabadPresidentRajalakshmi ParthasarathyDeanSheela RajendraPrincipalMrs S Vasanthi Nungambakkam Branch Geetha Govindarajan KK Nagar Branch Staff600GradesK to Grade 12GenderCo educationalNumber of students12000Classes offeredKG to Class 12LanguageEnglishColour s Bright blue and Dark BlueAffiliationCentral Board of Secondary Education IndiaInformation29 Alagirisami Salai K K Nagar Chennai 600 078 Ph 91 44 23663165 15 Lake First Main Road Nungambakkam Chennai 600 034 Ph 91 44 28172459 UniformPrimary LKG UKG Red green checked shirts red green shorts in alternate years and similar for girls High School 1st 5th blue checked shirts blue shorts and similar for girls Secondary 6th 8th Ashfab colours brown Striped shirts brown shorts pants and pink salwar kameez for girls Senior Secondary 9th 12th Yellow and grey checks with grey pant for boys and Grey jacket grey and checks top for girls White uniform on MondaysWebsitewww wbr psbbschools wbr ac wbr in Contents 1 History 2 Branches 3 Controversies 3 1 Drowning accident 3 2 Sexual abuse allegations 4 ReferencesHistory EditThe PSBB School in Chennai was established in 1958 by a group of housewives of the Nungambakkam Ladies Recreation Club There were 13 students in a thatched shed on the terrace of the residence of the dean and director of the school Mrs Y G Parthasarathy The land was donated by the family of the famous Table Tennis Player Venugopal Chandrasekhar At the time the school did not have many facilities 1 Today the school has 5 branches including PSBB Millennium with over 8000 students and 500 staff The school was started with the vision of providing children with an Indianised version of education one that would promote knowledge of Sanskrit shlokas music dance and reflect the Indian tradition 2 In 1959 one year after its inception the school shifted to a campus of its own at the present premises in Nungambakkam It followed the Madras Matriculation System unit of Madras University As the school grew the need to extend its branches arose and thus emerged the T P Road Junior School in 1971 as an annex to the school in Nungambakkam In 1978 the school was affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Educations New Delhi In 1976 another branch of the PSBB School affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education was started in a residential area of K K Nagar with 5 acre 20 000 m2 surroundings The K K Nagar branch has seen forty eight batches pass out clarification needed PSBB adopted the shift system clarification needed in the 1970s and 1980s to satisfy the growing demands of the residents of the city PSBB has been visited by former President of India A P J Abdul Kalam The K K Nagar branch is one of its biggest schools in the city 3 In 2010 Mrs Y G Parthasarathy Dean of the PSBB Schools received the Padma Shri in Education and Literature from the Government of India In 2012 2013 the PSBB group of schools was ranked first in the South zone and came third in India under the Day Schools Category as per the EducationWorld C Fore Survey 2011 4 Mrs Y G Parthasarathy died on 6 August 2019 5 Branches EditChennai PSBB K K Nagar PSBB Nungambakkam PSBB Lake Area also known as Main School the oldest branch of the PSBB group of schools PSBB T P Road T Nagar an annexe of Nungambakkam PSBB Siruseri at the L amp T Eden Park the newest branch of the PSBB group of schools PSBB Millennium School Grand Southern Trunk Road Nursery Porur and DLF Garden City Thazhambur OMR for classes Pre KG to Std XII as from the academic year 2015 16 Coimbatore The PSBB Millennium School Somayampalayam Cuddalore The PSBB Millennium School Bangalore PSBB Learning Leadership Academy Lakshmipura in Bannerghatta Road Hyderabad PSBB Millennium SchoolControversies EditDrowning accident Edit A 10 year old boy drowned in the swimming pool of the Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan s school at K K Nagar in August 2012 Police arrested five people including three swim coaches in connection with the death of M Ranjan of class 4 the child of movie producer R N R Manohar The boy was missing at the end of the swim session According to the city police Ranjan allegedly experienced nausea after completing his second lap in a four foot deep swimming pool He was seen climbing up the ladder to get out but fell into the water Ranjan was rushed to a medical facility where he was pronounced dead On receiving a complaint filed by Ranjan s father the police arrested the swim coaches for causing death by negligence following a preliminary post mortem report that revealed the boy had drowned The school had outsourced coaching to a private firm where four coaches had been assigned Police said the witnesses gave contradictory accounts about what happened during the swim session and the investigating officer said that the student was alive when he was pulled out of the water but was not properly resuscitated Investigators said the boy had drowned due to the incompetence of swim instructors and trainers 6 7 8 The Deputy Commissioner of Police told NDTV that the coaches were standing around the pool when the students were in the water and also said that the coaches should have been alert and watchful in the water Pattali Makkal Katchi s leader S Ramadoss ordered the arrest of the school s correspondent He said It just demonstrates how schools that extract lakhs of rupees as fees and fleece in the name of swimming lessons do not pay attention to safety All such illegal swimming pools in private schools should be shut down 9 The Madras High Court called for details of the fees earned by the school for swimming and other extra curricular activities the next day after the student s death At the court senior lawyer Vijay Narayan said that the school had swimming lessons during the day and that every student in the school had to compulsorily sign up for swimming although the pool could accommodate a maximum of 15 students at a time The counsel said If 30 boys are placed in the pool under the guidance of one coach such accidents are bound to happen 10 Sexual abuse allegations Edit PSBB school suspended Rajagopalan a male teacher who was eventually arrested 11 after many allegations of sexual harassment were reported against him by current students and alumni of the school The school made the move after over a 1 000 alumni coerced such as actress Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli and the CEO of AGS Cinemas Archana Kalpathi demanding a full inquiry into the allegations The teacher has been accused of touching students inappropriately comments on students bodies inappropriately slut shaming them asking them out turning up to online class topless while only wearing a towel around his waist and sharing links to pornography to his students The allegations started to pile up when a former student of PSBB sharing an instance of sexual harassment one of her friends experienced at the school from the teacher via Instagram Moments after that several other students posted about their own experiences hence sparking an influx of allegations of similar misbehaviour from him 12 13 Many claimed that PSBB is a reactionary school that mocks women and admires casteism filled with fanatics of a specific caste 14 Y G Mahendran one of the Trustees of the school s Board confirmed the suspension pending inquiry Several politicians of Tamil Nadu also joined the demand for justice including the DMK s MPs Kanimozhi Karunanidhi Dayanidhi Maran and Thamizhachi Thangapandian Congress MP Jothimani and PMK chief Ramadoss Maran also wrote to the Union Minister for Education Ramesh Pokhriyal seeking appropriate investigation into the matter and to probe lapses in the mechanism that is there to address similar issues Speaking to the reporters Tamil Nadu School Education minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi said the department would take action against the teacher if he was found guilty 13 12 Social media has been abuzz with demands of justice for the survivors and accountability from the management A number of right wing activists including a few Bharatiya Janata Party BJP leaders have come out in support of the school 15 but the justice for the girls who get abuse are still denied by the school management References Edit PSBB schools achievements lauded The Hindu Chennai India 22 February 2008 Archived from the original on 25 February 2008 Retrieved 6 August 2009 Balasubramanian Roshne 31 December 2017 92 years of a young rebel The New Indian Express Retrieved 23 March 2021 Tamil Nadu Chennai News Never say impossible Kalam tells students The Hindu 2 December 2005 Archived from the original on 21 April 2006 Retrieved 3 January 2014 Nima Rakheja India s Most Respected Schools 2011 Indiaprwire com Retrieved 22 January 2013 Ramakrishnan Sushmitha 7 August 2019 Renowned educationist and PSBB founder Mrs YGP dies The New Indian Express Retrieved 23 March 2021 School correspondent booked in swimming accident case The Hindu 18 August 2012 ISSN 0971 751X Retrieved 6 October 2020 Boy drowns in school swimming pool 5 held The Times of India Retrieved 6 October 2020 Boy drowns in school pool The Asian Age Retrieved 6 October 2020 Boy dies in school swimming pool in Chennai PMK demands arrest of Correspondent NDTV com Retrieved 6 October 2020 Subramani A Boy death HC seeks details of fees pulls up parents The Times of India Retrieved 6 October 2020 There Are Other Teachers Like Me Chennai Teacher Rajagopalan s Shocking Confessions to Police 25 May 2021 a b PSBB suspends teacher accused of sexual harassment The News Minute 24 May 2021 Retrieved 24 May 2021 a b Raman A Ragu Selvaraj A 24 May 2021 PSBB school KK Nagar Chennai school suspends teacher following sexual harassment complaints by students and alumni The Times of India Retrieved 24 May 2021 PSBB school s caste mentality amp sexual accusation You Turn 25 May 2021 Retrieved 27 May 2021 TN PSBB School Students Share Horrifying Incidents of Sexual Harassment Right Wing Groups Support School NewsClick 26 May 2021 Retrieved 27 May 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan amp oldid 1142959007, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
