Seventh Day Adventist English School

In 1896, Adventist Education opened their first school in India on 14 Bow Bazaar Street in the bustling city of Calcutta (now Kolkata). Georgia A. Burrus and Martha May Taylor, two young Americans, administered the school where there were seventy girls in the first year. Over 123 years have passed since then and Adventist education to the people of India has certainly come a long way. Statistics are evidential. At present, there are 144 schools (primary, high school, and secondary schools), 8 colleges, and one university. ​ The Adventist Education chain in Northern India is composed of 23 Mattison Educational Trust-owned schools and 21 schools affiliated to ICSE Board, New Delhi, and managed by Northern India Union of SDA. In 2019, the total enrollment was about 14,000 students.