Baldwin Girls' High School
Baldwin Girls' High School (BGHS), founded in 1880, is an all-girls Methodist school and one of the oldest in Bangalore, India. The school follows the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education syllabus and has classes from pre-nursery up to the tenth grade. The school has an enrollment of more than 5000 students and prepares them for the ICSE examinations in the tenth grade. Baldwin Girls' High School, a member of the Baldwin group of Institutions, is run by the Methodist Church in India under the Chairmanship of Bishop of the South India Regional Conference of the Methodist Church in India.
| Baldwin Girls' High School | |
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| Address | |
90, Richmond Road, , India | |
| Information | |
| Type | Private school, boarding school |
| Motto | Loyalty and Service |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Methodist |
| Established | 1880 |
| Founders | Missionaries of The Methodist Episcopal Church Rev. J. Gordon, Rev. R. Firth |
| Principal | Mrs Asha M Das. |
| Staff | 220 teachers and over 120 support staff |
| Gender | Girls |
| Enrolment | 5750 approx. |
| Campus size | 9.5 acres (38,000 m2) |
| Houses | Benthein, Delima, Fisher, Laura Gill, Stephen, Watson, Weston |
| Colour(s) | Blue and white |
| Website | https://baldwingirls.edu.in/ |
The Baldwin Women's Degree College also shares the same campus. Baldwin Boys' High School is the brother school and is a five-minute walk away from Richmond Road.
The school has an Opportunity School for specially gifted children. Baldwin Opportunity School is an institution in the field of Special Education, founded by Miss Anne Tillou, an American missionary, in 1964. It is an extension of the Baldwin Girls' High School and a Unit of Baldwin Methodist Education Society. The School is for children who are Intellectually Challenged in mild and moderate categories. The classes are divided into Pre-Primary, Primary, Intermediate, Senior I, Senior II, Learning Lab, Home Maker's Class and Pre-Vocational Unit.