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{{Infobox school<br />
| name = Deepika English Medium School<br />
| image = DEMS Colour Logo.svg<br />
| image_size = 200px<br />
| caption = Official Logo<br />
| motto = 'Light the Flame'<br />
| established = 1976<br />
| type = [[primary school|Primary]], [[middle school|middle]], [[secondary school|secondary]]<br />
| location = [[Rourkela]]<br />
| campus = Sector 05<br />
| district = [[Sundergarh]]<br />
| state = [[Odisha]]<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| coordinates =<br />
| affiliation = [[Central Board of Secondary Education|CBSE]]<br />
| classes = Class I to class XII<br />
| founder = V.N.N. Paniker<br />
| chairperson = T. G. Kanekar<br />
| principal = Pravin Kumar Sharma <ref>{{cite web|url=http://deepikaemschool.in/static/staff-profile.php|title=Principal of School|publisher=deepikaemschool.in|access-date=16 November 2017|archive-date=17 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117002634/http://deepikaemschool.in/static/staff-profile.php|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
| staff = <br />
| enrollment = <br />
| mascot = Netaji, Patel, Nehru, Sashtri<br />
| colours = [[Red]], [[blue]], [[green]], and [[yellow]]<br/>{{color box|#FF0800}} {{color box|#000080}} {{color box|#4CBB17}} {{color box|#EEE600}}<br />
| website = [http://deepikaemschool.in/ deepikaemschool.in] <br />
}}<br />
[[File:Dems campus10.jpg|thumb|Deepika English Medium School]]<br />
'''Deepika English Medium School''' is a co-ed primary, middle, and senior secondary English medium school in sector five of the city [[Rourkela]], in [[Odisha]], [[India]]. The school was opened in 1976. Presently Pravin Kumar Sharma is the principal.<br />
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The school is affiliated to the [[Central Board of Secondary Education]] (CBSE), New Delhi pattern of education, which has Science and Commerce streams at the senior secondary level. The students are prepared for All-India Secondary and Senior Secondary Examinations conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education, [[New Delhi]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
In 1976 the school began imparting primary education curriculum by the help from the women of [[Deepika Mahila Sanghati|Mahila Sangati]] and its founder principal V. N. N. Paniker, who was considered a pioneer in opening of Deepika English Medium School (Primary Section). In 1991, the school opened a new three-storey building with modern infrastructure in a different campus in sector five which had classes from six to twelve.<br />
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The infrastructure is maintained by the administration of [[Rourkela Steel Plant]] management. The school is divided into three sections, primary, middle, and secondary education. The primary section of the school has a different campus for the students from class one to five. The middle and senior secondary school function at another campus with modern infrastructure for classes six to twelve.<br />
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== Campus ==<br />
The high school building comprises a three-storey building with computer centres, a work-experience block; science, maths, commerce, biology, chemistry and physics laboratories; library; basketball courts, cricket grounds, and football fields. The school has a library audio centre called Deepsikha on the premises.<br />
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The school had a complete renovation in the year 2013 in which the classrooms were modernised along with a new sports ground and parking space.<br />
[[File:DEMS (2017).jpg|thumbnail|right|The institute's main entrance gate]]<br />
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== Achievements and activities ==<br />
Activities include:<br />
* Ranked among top 10 best schools in Odisha and Best school in Rourkela<br />
* Inter-school and inter-state games<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deepikaemschool.in/static/hall-of-fame.php|title=Inter-School programs|publisher=deepikaemschool.in|access-date=16 November 2017|archive-date=17 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117003105/http://deepikaemschool.in/static/hall-of-fame.php|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
* NCC, Taekwon-Do, Scouts and Guides<br />
* Co-curricular activities<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deepikaemschool.in/static/Co-curricular-activities.php|title=Co-curricular Activities|publisher=deepikaemschool.in|access-date=16 November 2017|archive-date=17 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117002916/http://deepikaemschool.in/static/Co-curricular-activities.php|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
* Inter-school cultural talent competitions<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deepikaemschool.in/static/Co-curricular-activities.php|title=Talent Program in School|publisher=deepikaemschool.in|access-date=16 November 2017|archive-date=17 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117002916/http://deepikaemschool.in/static/Co-curricular-activities.php|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
*Deepika English Medium School (Primary Section)<br />
*[[Deepika Mahila Sanghati]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:1976 establishments in Orissa]]</div>InstaNews