Mahadevi Birla World Academy
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{{Infobox school
| name = Mahadevi Birla World Academy
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| location = 17A Darga Road
Kolkata, West Bengal
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|22|32|29|N|88|22|17|E|region:IN_type:edu_source:Wikimapia|display=inline,title}}
| principal = Mrs.Anjana Saha
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| enrollment =3000
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| motto = Tamaso Ma Jyotirgamay
| motto_translation = Lead us from Darkness to Light
| established = {{start date and age|1959}}
| homepage = [http://www.mbwa.org.in/ www.mbwa.org.in]}}
Mahadevi Birla World Academy, Park Circus, is located at 17A Darga Road Kolkata, India. Founded in 1959, by illustrious industrialist Late B K Birla in the name of his wife, Late Sarala Birla, it is an English medium, co-education school imparting education from upper-infant to twelfth standard, affiliated by the CBSE board. The school’s motto is "Tamaso Ma Jyotirgamay" ("Lead Us From Darkness To Light").
Premises
The school premises includes:
- Junior section for classes nursery to V
- Middle Section for classes VI to VIII
- Senior Section for classes IX and X
- Senior Secondary Section for classes XI and XII
- Krida Kunj – the sports building
- Stationery shop
- Canteen
Krida Kunj
- Swimming
- Roller skating
- Badminton
- Darts
- Table tennis
- Carom
- Gymnastics
- Rhythmic gymnastics
- Football
- Cricket
Controversy
The School had recently been in the news for making a U-turn on its decision to be a co-education School. The School was opened for boys in 2012 and in 2015 it backtracked on its decision and decided to become a Girls' School again. The decision attracted a lot of criticism from the parents of the boys already studying in the school. Parents protested in front of the School for its decision and demanded a rollback on 7 August 2015. The School was temporarily closed due to parents' agitation on 8 August 2015.{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/mahadevi-birla-world-academy-temporarily-closed-down-115090900011_1.html|title=Mahadevi Birla World Academy temporarily closed down|accessdate=9 September 2015|issue=Kolkata|newspaper=Business Standard|date=9 September 2015}}{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Parents-protest-schools-U-turn-on-co-education/articleshow/48863443.cms|title=Mahadevi Birla World Academy temporarily closed down|accessdate=9 September 2015|issue=Kolkata|newspaper=Times Of India|date=8 September 2015}}
The school decided to continue as a co-ed in the future. Admission notice for 2016-2017 was given accordingly.{{Cite web|title = Mahadevi Birla to remain co-ed|url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150921/jsp/calcutta/story_43665.jsp#.VgJImfmUeSo|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150923173855/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150921/jsp/calcutta/story_43665.jsp#.VgJImfmUeSo|url-status = dead|archive-date = 23 September 2015|accessdate = 2015-09-23}}
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