About Dr. Shamanur Shivashankarappa National Public School
- Board
- CBSE, New Delhi
- Affiliation No.
- 831760
- Classes
- Nursery to Grade 10
- Opened
- 2022
Dr. SSNPS at a glance
| Full name | Dr. Shamanur Shivashankarappa National Public School (Dr. SSNPS) |
| Board | Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi |
| CBSE Affiliation No. | 831760 (affiliation period 1 April 2026 – 31 March 2031) |
| Classes | Nursery, LKG, UKG and Grades 1 to 10 |
| Type | Co-educational, English-medium day school |
| Opened | 2022 |
| Managed by | Bapuji Educational Association, Davanagere (established 1958) |
| Campus | Behind Bapuji Bank Samudhaya Bhavan, MBA Ground, SS Layout, Davanagere, Karnataka 577004 |
| Campus area | 23,734 m² with 78 classrooms (as declared in the school's mandatory public disclosure) |
Who we are
Dr. SSNPS is a CBSE school in Davanagere for children from Nursery to Grade 10. It opened in 2022 on a new campus in SS Layout, and is one of the institutions of Bapuji Educational Association (BEA), the Davanagere trust that has built schools and colleges in the city since 1958.
The school carries the name of Dr. Shamanur Shivashankarappa, whose decades of leadership as Honorary Secretary of Bapuji Educational Association shaped the association and the institutions it built, including this school.
"SSNPS" stands for Shamanur Shivashankarappa National Public School. Families also call us Dr. SSNPS or Dr. SSNP School.
Our vision
To train children in the way they should go, so that they carry those values throughout life. We encourage our students to aspire to success and aim for excellence, while nurturing respect, courage, gratitude and friendship. We aim to be a school of international standard that develops a global perspective through the window of Indian heritage, and to bring parents, teachers and the community together around progressive academics, technology, sports and the performing arts.
Our mission
- To be an excellent school where good practice is at the heart of everything we do.
- To be a forward-looking school that uses technology to engage students in a holistic and challenging curriculum.
- To follow an inquiry-based approach that builds curiosity, language fluency, cultural intelligence and scientific thinking.
- To encourage experiential learning, and competition with oneself rather than with one's peers.
- To work with passionate, multi-talented teachers and staff who are dedicated to every student's needs.
- To help students act responsibly within and beyond the school community.
- To encourage Indian culture and values alongside an appreciation of the world's diversity.
- To offer vibrant sports and performing arts.
Our values
- Metacognition: knowing how we learn, and practising until we master it.
- Growth mindset: we are always learning, and we help each other learn and succeed.
- Pursuit of excellence: resilience, initiative, and acting with responsibility and compassion.
- Uncompromising integrity: fairness, transparency and honesty.
How we teach
- Planned and transparent. At the start of each year parents receive the micro-schedule, the test schedule, the question-paper blueprint and the school calendar.
- Activity-based and student-centred. Lessons are competency-based and include a plan for different learners. They integrate art and connect subjects with one another.
- Assessment against clear objectives. Questions are set against defined learning objectives, so reports show what a child has mastered and what needs work.
- No ranks. Progress cards compare each child with their own earlier performance.
- Daily communication. Parents receive the class proforma, home-learning activities, activity and assembly reports, remedial updates and test results through the school's systems.
- Reading culture. DEAR ("Drop Everything And Read") periods, a weekly essay period for students and teachers, and a library of more than 25,000 books.
Our campus
The campus has laboratories for Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, Geography and languages, three computer labs and a Robotics & AI lab. Digital classrooms have smart boards. There are music, dance and art studios, a library, a kindergarten play area and an infirmary. See the campus
Transparency
As a CBSE-affiliated school, we publish our mandatory public disclosure: affiliation, infrastructure, staff and fee information. Our school policies cover admissions, assessment, child protection, inclusion and safety.
Mandatory public disclosure School policies Verify our affiliation on CBSE SARAS
