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New CBP Brief: Who Pays Taxes in California?
A new brief from the California Budget Project — released in advance of Tax Day — reports that California's lowest-income households on average pay a greater share of their income in state and local taxes than other households. This is even after accounting for the temporary tax increases of Proposition 30 — approved in 2012 — which largely targeted very-high-income Californians.
Using data provided by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), Who Pays Taxes in California? shows that nonelderly households in the state's bottom fifth in terms of income, who earn $13,000 a year on average, pay 10.6 percent of their incomes in state and local taxes. This is a larger share than all other segments of households — including the very wealthy. The top 1 percent of Californians, with an average annual income of $1.6 million, pay just 8.8 percent of their incomes in state and local taxes — or nearly two full percentage points less than the state's poorest families.
Who Pays Taxes in California? examines how different components of California's tax system — such as property taxes, sales taxes, and the personal income tax — affect lower- and higher-income Californians. The brief also suggests options for making California's tax system fairer and promoting economic security for low-income families.
And also: if you're looking for a comprehensive overview of California's tax system, be sure to check out the CBP's Principles and Policy: A
Guide to California's Tax System.
— Steven Bliss
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Recent Lessons in Tax Policy From California and Kansas
In 2012, as states across the country continued to cope with the aftershocks of the Great Recession, California and Kansas pursued markedly different paths in tax policy.
In Kansas, the state legislature in May 2012 passed — and Governor Brownback signed into law — a package of large tax cuts, including dropping the top income tax rate by approximately one-fourth and eliminating income taxes entirely on business profits that are "passed through" from businesses to their owners. In addition, the Kansas tax package raised the standard deduction and eliminated a number of tax credits that benefit low-income individuals and families.
In contrast, California voters in November 2012 approved Proposition 30, increasing personal income tax rates on very-high-income Californians for seven years and raising the state's sales tax rate by one-quarter cent for four years.
The divergent paths pursued in California and Kansas provide an opportunity to compare state approaches to tax policy and the impacts of those policies on households, public systems and services, and economic performance.
According to a new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), the tax cuts enacted in Kansas "were among the largest ever enacted by any state" in percentage terms. The evidence from Kansas so far:
Large revenue losses: Kansas has seen an 8 percent decrease in revenues used to fund schools, health care, and other public services, with the revenue loss projected to rise to 16 percent over the next five years.
Continuing cuts to schools: While most states are attempting to restore funding for schools after years of cuts, Kansas is proposing still more cuts. The Governor recently proposed another reduction in per-pupil general school aid for the next fiscal year that would leave funding 17 percent below pre-recession levels.
Little evidence of improving economic performance: Since the tax cuts, Kansas has added jobs at a pace slower than the country as a whole.
California's experience since the passage of Proposition 30 in 2012 stands in stark contrast to the recent story Kansas. The evidence from California so far:
Large revenue gains: The state's General Fund revenues increased from $85.6 billion in 2011-12 to an estimated $99.8 billion in 2013-14, and are projected to grow to $106.9 billion in Governor Brown's proposed 2014-15 budget, an increase of nearly one-quarter (22.6 percent) since 2011-12.
Increased funding for schools: The Governor's 2014-15 spending proposal assumes a total funding level of $61.6 billion for schools and community colleges in 2014-15, nearly one-third (30.6 percent) more than in 2011-12.
Improving economic performance: Since 2012, job growth in California has outpaced that of the US as a whole.
To be clear, higher state revenues in California are a product of Proposition 30 and a recovering economy, just as slower economic growth in Kansas contributes, along with tax cuts, to lower state revenues. The linkages between tax policy changes and economic performance are, in general, weak. As the CBPP study reports, "states that cut taxes in the 1990s performed worse, on average, over the course of the next economic cycle than states that were more fiscally prudent. And the academic literature overwhelmingly finds that states with lower personal income taxes perform no better economically than their peers." Recent experiences in California and Kansas support this evidence — increasing taxes in California did not curb economic growth, while decreasing taxes in Kansas did not boost economic growth.
What is clear, however, is that large tax cuts in Kansas — most of which went to high-income households — have significantly reduced state revenues and resulted in cuts to the state's schools and other public systems and services, while promises of economic improvement have failed to materialize. Meanwhile, in California, the revenues provided by Proposition 30 have provided the state with the fiscal policy space to boost school funding, pay down debts and liabilities, and begin to reinvest in other public structures and supports as the state's economy recovers.
— Chris Hoene
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K-12 Education in the Governor's Proposed 2014-15 Budget: Increased Revenues Boost Funding for Schools
California's public schools educate a large, diverse student population, with over 6 million students enrolled in more than 1,000 school districts statewide.
A new CBP analysis — the latest in a series of briefs on Governor Brown's 2014-15 proposed budget — looks at state spending on K-12 education and discusses how higher revenues have boosted funding for California K-12 schools, increasing spending per student to nearly the pre-recession level. In addition, the Governor's proposal would increase support provided through the state's new school funding formula approved by policymakers last year.
This CBP brief also discusses how, over the long term, it will take additional state revenues for California to make the necessary investments in students and their families.
For additional analysis on the Governor's proposed 2014-15 budget, read the CBP's initial analysis of the proposal and our recent brief on child care and preschool in the the proposed budget.
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New CBP Report – Rising to the Challenge: Why Greater Investment in K-12 Education Matters for California's Students
The CBP yesterday released a new School Finance Facts report, comparing California student demographics, education spending, and school staffing to that in the rest of the US. This analysis finds that the state's investment in K-12 schools lags the nation, even as California faces unique challenges in educating its 6.2 million public school students. Rising to the Challenge: Why Greater Investment in K-12 Education Matters for California's Students shows that:
California invests less in K-12 education than other states, despite having greater financial resources. California's per capita personal income ($47,115) was higher than for the rest of the US ($43,905) in 2012-13. Yet this same year, the rest of the nation invested 4.04 percent of total personal income in K-12 education, a level more than one-fourth (27 percent) higher than the 3.18 percent in California (see chart).
California's 1.3 million English learners (ELs) nearly equal the combined number of ELs in the next four most populous states — Texas, New York, Florida, and Illinois — even though these four states together have roughly twice as many students as California.
More than half (53.0 percent) of California's students come from low-income families, a larger share than in the rest of the US (46.8 percent). Among the five most populous states, only Florida has a higher percentage of economically disadvantaged students (56.0 percent) than California.
California's schools have more students per staff than schools in the rest of the US, ranking last or close to the bottom by a number of key K-12 student-to-staff ratios. California ranks 51st nationally (including all states and DC) in students per teacher, 51st in students per guidance counselor, 51st in students per librarian, and 48th in students per administrator.
Rising to the Challenge notes the importance of the new Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), approved by the Governor and the Legislature this past summer, in directing additional resources to disadvantaged students, and also indicates that per student spending is expected to increase in the next couple of years due to voter approval in November 2012 of Proposition 30's temporary tax increases.
Yet the report also cautions, as we've blogged about before, that the LCFF and Proposition 30 do not in themselves provide sufficient resources for educating California's K-12 students. It will be critical that California work over the long-term toward providing schools with the resources needed to ensure a high-quality education for our state's students.
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Six Years Later, State Spending Remains Below the Pre-Recession Level
The 2013-14 budget signed by Governor Brown in June includes state spending of $138.3 billion — $96.3 billion from General Fund revenues (the primary source of funding for state services) and $42.0 billion from special fund revenues (taxes, licenses, and fees designated by law for specific purposes). These state tax dollars support a range of public systems and services, from education and health care to transportation and environmental protection. (The 2013-14 budget also includes $7.0 billion in spending from bond funds, but we exclude these dollars from the analysis below because bond funds — which come from long-term loans — are provided by investors, not the state's taxpayers.)
Thanks in large part to voter approval of two tax measures last November — Propositions 30 and 39 — policymakers this year were able to balance California's budget while avoiding additional major spending reductions and taking small steps toward reinvesting in key state services that were cut deeply in recent years due to the impact of the Great Recession. But despite the positive elements of this year's budget — and there were many — looking at a single year's spending plan tells only part of the story. Taking a broader view reveals the following:
State spending is down by nearly 4 percent since 2007-08, the year the Great Recession began. State spending — General Fund plus special funds — in 2013-14 is projected to be $5.3 billion (3.7 percent) below what it was in 2007-08, after accounting for inflation.
State spending per California resident is down by nearly 8 percent since 2007-08. State spending per capita has fallen from $3,929 in 2007-08 to $3,628 in 2013-14 — a drop of $301 (7.7 percent), after adjusting for inflation. This drop reflects a smaller state budget as well as the continued growth of California's population. The number of Californians has increased by more than 1.5 million since 2007-08, rising from 36.6 million on July 1, 2007, to an estimated 38.1 million on July 1, 2013. In other words, state spending is lower today than in 2007-08 despite the fact that California has added well over 1 million new residents during this period.
State spending is substantially below the level it likely would have reached if the Great Recession had not occurred. As we explained in a blog post last week, if California's economy hadn't hit a steep downward slide in 2008, total state revenues — General Fund plus special funds — likely would have increased to more than $160 billion in 2013-14. State spending probably would have grown more or less in tandem, in which case it likely would have exceeded this year's budgeted spending level ($138.3 billion) by more than $20 billion. That $20 billion-plus spending gap represents dollars that are not available to support state investments in education, child care, job training, and other public systems and services vital to California's future.
— Scott Graves
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Key Facts About the Governor's Proposed Budget, Part 1: Voters Boost Revenues by More Than $7 Billion in 2013-14
Last week, we published our initial analysis of Governor Jerry Brown's proposed 2013-14 budget. To highlight some of the most important aspects of this proposal — and the context for it — today we're launching a brief chart series, Key Facts About the Governor's Proposed Budget. This first post looks at the impact of the new revenues approved by California's voters this past November.
The Governor's proposed 2013-14 budget shows that California is poised to turn the corner on years of severe budget shortfalls. One of the biggest factors contributing to this positive trajectory is voters' approval of two revenue measures — Propositions 30 and 39 — last November. Proposition 30 increased personal income tax rates on very-high-income Californians for seven years and raised the state's sales tax rate by one-quarter cent for four years. Proposition 39 ended a corporate tax break that primarily benefited a relatively small number of (mostly large) multistate firms.
State finance officials project that the two measures combined will raise $7.2 billion in 2013-14 (the fiscal year that begins July 1), accounting for more than 7 percent of total General Fund tax collections. In other words, had Propositions 30 and 39 not passed, 2013-14 tax collections would fall from $97 billion to less than $90 billion.
In addition to significantly lowering revenues for 2013-14, defeat of both ballot measures would have caused revenues in the current fiscal year (2012-13) to drop by nearly $6 billion. What would have been the impact of such a large revenue decline? The 2012-13 budget agreement passed last June provides an answer: Lawmakers approved roughly $6 billion in spending reductions to be implemented on January 1 of this year if voters had rejected Proposition 30, with public schools, community colleges, and universities bearing the brunt of these "trigger" cuts. (Proposition 30's revenues were assumed in the 2012-13 spending plan; Proposition 39's were not.) Moreover, it's reasonable to assume that, in the absence of other revenue options, a comparable level of reductions would have been carried over to the 2013-14 fiscal year — and perhaps beyond.
Much work remains to be done in rebuilding the foundations of a strong California economy and healthy communities in the wake of the Great Recession and years of state spending cuts. But for now, thanks to California voters, the state budget has been stabilized and provides a platform for reinvesting in education and other public systems and services that are essential to all Californians.
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Statement: Chris Hoene on the Passage of Proposition 30
The California Budget Project released the following statement from Executive Director Chris Hoene in response to the passage of Proposition 30 at yesterday's statewide election.
"Yesterday was a very good day for the idea of laying the groundwork for California's future. With voters approving Proposition 30, our state has taken a major step forward in stabilizing the budget and reinvesting in education and other public systems and services that are essential to all Californians. The new revenues from Proposition 30, along with those from Proposition 39, position California to turn the corner on years of severe budget shortfalls and start rebuilding the foundations of a strong economy, healthy communities, and a high quality of life."
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Most of us like to have or to be given something good fully not in half or almost empty, right? For example, I was very glad to receive full of a glass drinking water rather than half of it.
Now let's think and relate it to a HOPE. If we receive a water in half. How did we see it? Half in empty or Half in full? It depend of how we are thinking and how we would like to think.
If we think the half full of glass is going to stop us because of thinking enough, I think it is not wise enough for pursuing goals. It is better to think it half empty if thinking enough in early can stop us.
In the other case for maintaining our spirit to go forward the glass is wiser to see it full in half. There is a hope in it by thinking have a half full rather than a half empty. It just remains one step ahead to make it full.
So, let's think and never stop because it's still a half. Be happy because we have a half to recharge our spirit to make it full.


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I am also an Indian, says JDU MLC who participated in protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Act
Janata Dal (United) MLC Gulam Rasool Balyawi, who participated in a protest against The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, that was supported by his party in Parliament, said that he was an Indian first before anything else.Speaking to reporters on why he joined the protest by Edara-e-Sharia against the Act, Balyawi said: Edara-e-Sharia is an independent organisation and I am its president. I needed to be there as president... I am also a Hindustani before any posts...There should not be any pain in the hearts of the people of the country. According to party sources, Balyawi also got a call from Bihar Chief Minister s office, following the protest.When asked to comment, Balyawi said: We keep talking to each other. I also call him. Earlier, similar contrarian views were echoed against the party s stand on CAA, by JDU leaders Prashant Kishor and Pavan Varma as well.The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, seeks to grant Indian citizenship to refugees from Hindu, Christian, Sikh, ...

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Dr. Antonio Da Silva High School (A.D.H.S) and Jr. College of Commerce (A.D.H.S.J.C.C) (Popularly known as A.D.H.S. or nicknamed Antonians) is a semi-private Government, Boys, day school located at Dadar in Mumbai, India. The institution was established in 1851 by Dr Antonio Da Silva and Reverend John Braz Fernandees under the name St. Johna high school. The school caters to pupils from kindergarten up to class 12. The medium of instruction is English. The school houses more than 6,000 pupils aged 3 to 18.

The school is affiliated to the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, Pune, which conducts the SSC examinations at the close of class 10 and the HSC examinations at the close of class 12.

Alumni are commonly known as Antonians Alumnus. They include India politicians, government officials and business leaders.  The Sister school of A.D.H.S Dr. Antonio da Silva Technical High School and Junior College of Science located at the Shivaji Park was established in June 1963.

History

As a 164-year-old institution, it has a long history of traditions and education excellence, as well as a long list of alumni and activities.

The Institution was founded in 1851 at Dadar in Bombay, British India by Dr. Antonio Da Silva and John Braz Fernandees under the name St. Johna high school. In 1875, Da Silva left the bulk of his estate for the extension of the high school, when the school came to its present name.

The school started a technical Stream from Standard VII in June 1963. It became a full-fledged independent Technical High School on 13 June 1971. The Junior College of both the Commerce and Technical schools, started in 1975, offering Science (Biology) and Vocational streams. Vocational streams offer three options: Electrical Maintenance, Scooter Servicing and Mechanical Maintenance.

During that time the Institution was recognised and aided by the Directors of Vocational Education and Training (Maharashtra State). The institution prepares pupils for the Secondary School Certificate Examination (with technical subjects) and Higher Secondary Certificate (with science/vocational science subjects) of the Maharashtra State Board.

Campus site and layout

Buildings include the Office Heritage Block, Heritage Block, Center Block, South Block, Antonians hall and sports complex and grounds.

Facilities

The school has a large library with over 20,000 books and digital books that are accessible to the students during school hours. Separate science laboratories for Physics, Chemistry and Biology are available. The science laboratories are used by 6–12 class students to carry out practical work. The school has three computer laboratories where students from kindergarten through class 12 study computing. The school has a mini-theatre for educational and entertainment purposes and also has a television room. The school has two drawing rooms that are used for drawing and arts. Four Gardens including two play parks, one botanical garden and one tracking garden are on the grounds.

The school has three halls: Antonians hall Old Little Hall and the Alumnus Hall. A cafeteria is run by the Interact club for use by both faculty and students. The school has various indoor and outdoor sports facilities.

Affiliation and ethos

The School and College is Roman Catholic and the Society of Jesus exercises responsibility through a Governing Body whose chairman is the Provincial of the Bombay Province of the Society. The school was founded as St. Johna high school is named after St. Johna.

School flag and crest

The flag of the school represents the Crest, which consists of an eagle on top, which represents courage and honour and on its bottom is a book written with the word Scientiae in Latin which means Science. On the top of the book a lamp represent Light of Knowledge and on the left lilies which represents Purity and on the right an ivy plant that represents sincerity and faithfulness. On the bottom of the shield is the school motto of the school, bordered by olive leaves.

Motto, school song and school hymn

The school's motto is Scientiae Luce Caritate Duce (Latin for The light of science the charity of the duke). The School anthem is God bless the Antonians, which was adopted in 1851 when the school was established. The school song is generally sung during the morning assembly and on special occasions.

Invocation

Academics

Admissions

The admission notice for kindergarten and junior kindergarten is put up in January. For senior kindergarten to class 8 and for class 11 of Jr. College of Commerce the notice is put up in April. During the admission procedure, preference is given to siblings of former students, Protestant Christians and relatives of teachers. An interview of each candidate is conducted as a part of the admission process.

Curriculum

The school follows the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (SSC) & (HSC) syllabus. Marathi, Hindi and French are taught as second languages. English, Marathi and Hindi are taught from class 1 to class 12.

The style of teaching ranges from informal for preschool and a progressively more formal type for older students. No formal homework is assigned in the lower primary levels and limited homework is assigned in the higher levels.

The academic year commences in June and concludes in April, consisting of two terms. The first term is from June until November and the second term is from November to April. Tests are conducted periodically and examinations are held at the end of every term.

Field trips, camps and social service visits are organised regularly.

Examinations

At the end of class 10, students appear for the SSC and HSC Examinations. The school's students have consistently performed well both at the SSC and HSC examinations and the school has maintained a 100% pass-rate.

Examination candidates need to finish satisfactorily courses in an Art and Craft, Physical Education, Moral Education and Socially Useful Productive Work (SUPW). These are evaluated internally by the school and the results contribute towards the award of the SSC and HSC pass certificate. Project work is assessed from class 1 to class 12.

Academic life

Pupils

Pupils are known as "Antonians". The Antonians and press often call alumni Antonians Almuns, or simply Old Boys. The vast majority of alumni are Indians, but a dwindling number of Englishmen from before the 1948 Batches studied there.

House system

The objective of the house system is to foster a sense of collective responsibility and solidarity among students. The house system serves as the centre of school life, with students from different houses often competing at sports and other activities. The four school houses are Red, Green, Yellow and Blue. Each house has 1,500 students. The houses also bear the names of planets. Every house is headed by a house captain and a house vice-captain who are elected from Class 8 and Class 9 respectively. A games captain and a games vice-captain are also selected to manage the sports activities of the house.

School uniform

Boys from class 1 through class 6 wear olive green shorts, while boys of class 7 and 10 wear trousers. The rest of the uniform consists of a half-sleeved white shirt, a olive green tie with house badge, olive green belt with white strips, white socks and black leather laced shoes. The school Marshall, house captain and house vice-captain wear a three, two and one star badge designed to distinguish them from other house members. For sports, physical training activities, fields trip, etc. students wear specially made T-shirts representing the colours of their houses.

Culture

The school is a cosmopolitan school. The Christmas concert is a three-day event. A sports meet and a farewell party for new graduates are also held annually. Inter-house competitions are held in elocution, drama, song, etc.

Student Council

The student council holds periodic meetings to discuss relevant topics. The Student Council is headed by a School Marshall who is elected annually from Class 10, and a School Vice-Marshall who is elected annually from Class 9. They abandon their respective houses when they take office.

Other officers
A team of prefects is selected from each house. Other offices include class and division monitor and vice-monitor, cupboard monitor and the Treasury Monitor of the respective class and divisions. They are the important link between the students of the school and the management of the school.

School activities

Extracurricular activities include student-led clubs on campus, including the Nature Club, Interact Club, Science Club, Scouts and Guides, and Scottish Junior Rifle Club. Inter-house debates, elocution, PowerPoint presentation competitions, essay writing competitions, dramatics and sporting competitions engage older students. Sports activities at the high school include football, cricket, basketball, swimming, throwball and roller skating.

Sports

Sports are compulsory. The school has over approximately  of playing fields, the largest of which are Football Ground Field (FGF) and the Main Field. Cricket, hockey, athletics, boxing and association football are played seasonally. Tennis, table tennis, badminton, squash and gymnastics tournaments are held. Sport is dominated by football, cricket, basketball, hockey, volleyball and handball during the spring term and by football, athletics and boxing in the autumn term. Inter-house matches are played in cricket, hockey and football.

Sports facilities include a multi-purpose hall with a gymnasium and other indoor sports. Artificial turf cricket pitches, outdoor basketball courts, four badminton courts, two Tennis courts, four squash courts, and a ground that can be converted into a 400-metre athletics tracks. The school has a large sports field at the rear, and a separate playground for the students of junior school.

The school has a long tradition of winning major matches and tournaments in football, cricket, volleyball, handball, badminton and several other sports.  The school lost the final to NSS Hill Spring Boys Under 17 Subroto Cup Football Tournaments in 2011 it has lost the Final match of the Tournaments by 0–10.

Clubs and societies

Extracurricular activities are also a compulsory element of school life. Some 27 clubs and societies exist, covering politics, drama, photography, aeromodeling, first-aid, dramatics, painting, sculpture, carpentry, amateur radio, music, senior and junior English debating societies, Model United Nations, chess and astronomy. In many societies pupils come together to discuss a particular topic or subject, presided over by a schoolmaster and often including a guest speaker.

Prominent figures give speeches and talks to the students; these have included heads of state, politicians, ornithologists, naturalists, artists, writers, economists, diplomats and industrialists.

Theatre and music

A multi-purpose theatre space known as The Antonians hall was built in 1965 seating over 1,200. It was inaugurated in April 1965 as a venue with modular seating and staging units. The facility is equipped with state-of-the-art stagecraft and engineering systems and has been the setting for numerous Shakespeare and other classic productions of western theatre, as well as musical performances and speeches during school ceremonies such as Founder's Day. The multi-purpose Old Little Hall venue is the old theatre that was built in 1851. It can accommodate approximately 400 people. Plays are regularly staged in English, Marathi and Hindi, with 11–12 productions each year, including 2 major productions as part of Founder's Day celebrations. The Inter House Once-Act Play competition is held each year, alternatively in English and Hindi. Many of the plays historically have been joint productions with its sister school.

The Alumnus Hall seats over 200 is the more modern multi-purpose theatre built in 1990 as a black box theatre with modular seating and staging units and is normally used to explore new directions in performance art. In 1999 a new music facility was built, housing a music library, a concert hall and several practice and teaching rooms where students learn western and Indian instruments.

The school has a band that won a prize at zonal level.

School newspaper and magazines

The Antonians Weekly is the official school newspaper, distributed every weekend. It chronicles school activities and is a platform for creative and political writing. It was founded in 1901 and is edited by pupils and staff. Other school magazines include The Antonians Annual and The Antonians Alumnus (a monthly Alumni magazine). Publications by academic departments include Curiosity (Science), The Oikonomia (Economics), The Question (Mathematics), Truth vs Hype (Political Science) and The Enigma (History and Geography).

Road Safety Patrol
The Road Safety Patrol won first prize at the all Mumbai rally, and became the part of the Republic Day (RD) parade.

Affiliations

The school's sister school is Dr. Antonio da Silva Technical High School and Junior College of Science, located at the Shivaji Park area of Mumbai. The school also has ties with Our lady of Convent Girls High School, Our Lady of Salvation High School and many other schools.

Sister school

The school started a technical stream from Standard VII in June 1963. It became a full-fledged independent Technical High School on 13 June 1971 and is at present housed at S. Veer Savarkar Road (also known as Cadell road) in Shivaji Park. In 1970 the Institution was registered as Dr Antonio da Silva Technical High School feeder school. The Junior College of Commerce at Dr Antonio da Silva High School and Jr. College of Science at Dr Antonio da Silva Technical High School, started in 1975, offers Science (Biology) and Vocational streams. Vocational streams offer three options: Electrical Maintenance, Scooter Servicing and Mechanical Maintenance. That same year the name of the Technical Institution was renamed as Dr Antonio da Silva Technical High School and Jr. College of Science.

Memberships

The Dr. Antonio da Silva High School and Junior College of Commerce is a member of the Rotary International's Interact Club, International Boys' Schools Coalition (IBSC), Rashtriya Life Saving Society (India).

Administration

Results
Dr. Antonio Da Silva High School have always tried to score good marks.

 In 2020 SSC Examination the school scored 100%.

Social initiatives

Controversy

On 14 March 2013, the police and trustees of the Dr Antonio Da Silva High School were investigating allegations that a six-year-old Class I student was handcuffed with a cycle-lock chain, paraded before students of various classrooms and made to clean a toilet room. The father of the boy lodged a complaint with Shivaji Park police station against a teacher and the headmistress. The teacher allegedly handcuffed and paraded the boy, while the headmistress took no action following the parent's complaint. That month the matter was pending at the Maharashtra State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (MSCPCR).

Incidents

Thirty-five years after leaving school in Std VII, gangster Ashwin Naik (49) went back to the school on 9 November 2009 to collect his leaving certificate.

On 13 July 2011 at 18:30 IST (UTC+05:30), a bomb exploded outside the school. It was the third explosive device of the 2011 Mumbai bombings. The device was placed on an electric pole at the bus stand near Kabutar Khana. At least 50 people were injured in the blast. No one from the school was injured. If the bomb had exploded five minutes earlier, thousands of students may have been injured. The school remained closed the next day.

See also

Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education
Education in India
List of schools in Mumbai
List of schools in Mumbai
List of the oldest schools in the world
Dadar
2011 Mumbai bombings

References

Private schools in Mumbai
High schools and secondary schools in Mumbai
Boys' schools in India
Schools in Colonial India
Junior colleges in Maharashtra
Universities and colleges in Mumbai
Educational institutions established in 1851
1851 establishments in India

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El a fost constant împrumutat la diferite cluburi: FC Vaslui, Omonia Nicosia, Argeș Pitești și Alki Larnaca.

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