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{{Infobox school<br />
| name = Belpahar English Medium School (BEMS)<br />
| image =<br />
| image_size = 100px<br />
| caption = BEMS logo<br />
| motto = '''''Labour to Learn and Lead with Love'''''<br />
| established = 1968<br />
| type = [[primary school|Primary]], [[middle school|Middle]], [[high school|Higher]], [[10+2]]<br />
| location = [[Belpahar]], [[Jharsuguda]], [[Odisha]]<br />
| campus = TRL Krosaki Township, [[Belpahar]]<br />
| district = [[Jharsuguda]]<br />
| state = [[Odisha]]<br />
| gender = Both Male and Female<br />
| school_code = OR038<br />
| status = Running<br />
| postal_code = 768218<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| affiliation = [[Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations|CISCE]]<br />
| classes = Class I to Class XII<br />
| head_label = Principal<br />
| principal = Mr. Sanjay Kumar Mishra<br />
| houses = '''Gandhi''', '''Radhakrishnan''', '''Tagore''', '''Tata'''<br />
| staff = 55<br />
| enrollment = 1325<br />
| website = <br />
}}<br />
[[File:Belpahar English Medium School in 2017.jpg|thumb|alt=BEMS in 2017|Belpahar English Medium School in 2017]]<br />
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'''Belpahar English Medium School''' (School Code '''OR038''') is a co-educational Higher Secondary School (HSC) of [[Belpahar]] region in [[Odisha]] affiliated to [[Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations|CISCE]], [[New Delhi]] for [[Indian Certificate of Secondary Education|ICSE]] (Class X) and [[Indian School Certificate|ISC]] (Class XII).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icbse.com/schools/belpahar-english-medium-school/or038|title= BEMS ICSE school}}</ref> As of 2022, BEMS is headed by Mr. Abhaya Kumar Swain, principal.<br />
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==History==<br />
The school started as a [[kindergarten]] School in the year 1968 by The Hand Maids of Mary, [[Sundergarh]] with the objective of offering primary education to the children of the officers of Tata Refractories Limited, now known as TRL Krosaki Refractories Limited. In 1977, it was taken over by the company. As of 2016 this school is under the aegis of Belpahar Educational Society (BEST).<br />
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==Uniform==<br />
The students of the school wear uniform. White half sleeved shirt, house T-Shirt, belt, school tie, white socks, white canvas shoes, navy blue socks and navy blue blazer for winter are common for all classes. Boys of Classes I to V must have white shorts, steel grey shorts, black laced boots, while those from Classes VI to XII must wear white trousers, steel grey trousers, black laced boots.<br /> Girls irrespective of their classes must wear white knee length box pleaded skirts, steel grey neck pinafore, navy blue and white winter stockings and black buckled shoes.<br />
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==House system==<br />
Students after their admissions are horizontally divided into houses. The four houses are Gandhi with red colour, Radhakrishnan with green colour, Tagore with yellow colour and Tata with blue colour. These houses are named after great Indian leaders – Gandhi standing for [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]], Radhakrishnan for Dr. [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]], Tagore for [[Rabindranath Tagore]] and Tata for [[J. R. D. Tata]].<br />
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==Activities==<br />
The school is represented every year in various district, state and national level competitions. It also holds competitive examinations like Talent Search Competition (TSE), National Olympiads and quizzes headed by the principal of the school. It has also got awards for doing well in [[National Cadet Corps (India)|NCC]], tennikoit, [[association football|football]], [[cricket]], [[badminton]], [[chess]] and kick boxing.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}} [[Sambalpur]] [[National Cadet Corps (India)|NCC]] Group secured an overall first position in the Odisha directorate inter-group competition for boys at Thal Sainik Camp (TSC) in Puri. Cadets from the school performed well in both senior and junior categories. The cadets were selected in the Odisha Directed team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120906/jsp/odisha/story_15941132.jsp#.V2VDoTNw2AQ|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812062042/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120906/jsp/odisha/story_15941132.jsp#.V2VDoTNw2AQ|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 12, 2016|title=BEMS good performance in NCC}}</ref> The school also represented the BOURNVITA Quiz competition. Chiranjibi Pradhan represented BEMS in TCS IT WIZ Bhubaneshwar edition, 2018 and secured a historic win for the school.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Education in India]]<br />
*[[Jharsuguda]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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