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Canadian Government promised support to the tune of $ 90,000.00 (about 7 lakhs INR). Rs. 5,000/- were raised by the students, and (this amount together with) their labour in the construction of the foundations (popular among the students as "balti" class) remain a gift to future generation of young men looking for a better education. By 1974, the long work was completed, a souvenir booklet brought out for the occasion by the editor, Mr. J.K. Chettri, M.A., B.T., and today St. Robert's school building stands tall and proud in the heart of Darjeeling town.
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Halcyon House. The diary describes the scene as follows: "All the boys went to
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The school suffered immense difficulties when young men left school to join the army during the war (1939-1945). But after the war, there was a rush for admissions and the school flourished in phenomenal ways. The
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The school imparts education from Class V onwards, all the way to Class XII, and each of the classes till Class X is segregated into four sections. The classes of XI and XII are segregated into two sections for students studying the streams of Humanities and Science. Additionally, the school hosts
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The school faced its share of problems right since its days of growth. The first was the problem of recognition; this came shortly after the District Inspector of Schools, Mr. M. M. Rahman, inspected the institution when it was still in the Halcyon House. Recognition as a ME school was granted for
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