page_title: Liluah
section_title: Schools
hierarchical_section_title: Liluah / Education / Schools
caption_attribution_description: English: Don Bosco Liluah School Building
context_page_description: Liluah is a neighbourhood in Howrah city of Howrah district, West Bengal, India. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. Liluah has a railway junction, which is the first station after Howrah station under the Eastern Railway. Its history dates back to the British era when the Liluah Carriage and wagon Workshop was set up to release pressure off Howrah.
context_section_description: The most famous and reputed of all institutions in Liluah is the Don Bosco High and Technical School Liluah or Don Bosco Liluah (abbreviated as DBL) which was established in the year 1937 as a Catholic institution by the Salesians of Don Bosco, along with the Agrasain Balika Siksha Sadan (ABSS) and the M.C. Kejriwal Vidyapeeth an institution run and operated by the MCKV group of Institutions, the group which also runs the MCKV Institute of Engineering. These three schools comprise the THREE BIG schools of Liluah, often seen as competitors. Apart from these three schools, the Sohanlal Deoralia Balika Siksha Sadan, established in the year 1962 is one of the oldest n most reputed girls educational institution in Howrah, with the medium of instruction there primarily being Hindi. Apart from these, the Sunrise Eng. Med. School, which was established in the year 1975, run and operated by the Sunrise Society, the I.P. Memorial School and the Rosebud School, both established in 1967 are also some of the oldest n most reputed institutions in Liluah. Sudhir Memorial Institute Liluah(SMIL), Little Wits (Pre-Primary Segment of Sudhir Memorial Institute Liluah) established in 2011 is another reputed CBSE School run and operated by SNR MEMORIAL TRUST, this school is also one of the competitors along with (MCKV,ABSS,DBL). Other schools like the Agrasain Boys' School the Bharatiya Higher School and the Gurukul School are all located within a radius of less than 2 kilometers within the 'Don Bosco Area' (Abhay Guha Road Commercial Area) of Eastern Liluah. The Florence Day School (Privately run), The Eastern Railway Hindi High School and the Eastern Railway Bengali High School are Central Government schools under the Ministry of Railways, affiliated to the CBSE, present in the Liluah Railway Colony. Apart from these, institutions like the Holy Family Convent School, Swaika Girls High School, Liluah T.R.G.R. Khemka High School and the Bhattanagar Kulokamini Vidyamandir are located in western Liluah. Apart from these schools, the Mirpara Don Bosco Self Employment Research Institute (D.B.S.E.R.I) is also located in Western Liluah, which is an institution also run by the Salesians of DonBosco and it provides training in various Self-Employment skills to people. Motion Howrah which is a renowned institutions which provides Engineering and Medical exams classes and also conducts MTSE (National level test), other than this also provides classes for cracking WBJEE, JEE (MAIN+ ADVANCE), KVPY, NTSE etc. is also located in eastern liluah on the side of G.T. Road. It is also operated by the same management which operates Sudhir Memorial Institute Liluah. Other schools like the Belur Janta High School, the Belur Boys School, Belur Girls school and the Belur High School are located within half a kilometer off Liluah. Apart from that there are around a dozen more registered and unregistered primary schools in Liluah.
  Don Bosco High and Technical School Liluah. Commonly abbreviated as DBL, was set up in 1937 by the salesians of Don Bosco mainly to train the local Christian population so that they could get jobs at the Liluah Railway Carriage and Wagon Workshop. The school has won the Telegraph School of the Year awards three times and is only the fourth school ever in Kolkata to enter the Hall of Fame. DBL celebrated its Platinum Jubilee on 8 December 2012, a lavish event which had eminent personalities from around India(many of its Alumni) visiting the school, including former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
  Agrasain Balika Siksha Sadan is a girls school, affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE Board). It was established in the 1994 and as of 2019 has about 4500 students. The Agrasain Balika Siksha Sadan (or ABSS as it is commonly abbreviated) is one of the top girls educational institutions in Howrah and (along with DBL and MCKV) among the three very famed schools in Liluah. Also worth mentioning for the institute is that a section of the Duffer Street (on which the school lies, which was earlier named for Lord Duff
caption: Don Bosco High and Technical School Liluah
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