D.Mark Buntain, who saw the need to provide a good education to many children who did not have any school they could attend. The Assembly of God Church School, Calcutta, opened its doors on 20th January 1964 with 230 students and 16 teaching staff. James Elloy, the then Deputy Secretary of Education, presided at the opening. In the beginning there was only the front portion of the school building at Royd Street on a site formerly used for grazing cattle. At the back was an aluminum Quonset hut used as a nursery class. From June 1986, the Secondary School and Junior College sections were housed at the Buntain Education Centre, 125/1, Park Street while the Junior School Section (Nursery- Class 6) remained at 18/1, Royd Street, Calcutta-16. A separate Afternoon Session, which opened in June 1987, also functions from these premises (Nursery-C
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The Assembly of God Church Educational Programme in West Bengal now comprises 18 Educational Institutions and Training Colleges. The Senior School also includes the National Open School Section which enrolls students for the Bridge/ Foundation, Secondary and Senior Secondary courses. This begun in 1993 and granted affiliation by the National Open School, New Delhi in 1994. A Special Unit for children with Dyslexia and other learning disabilities was opened in September 1992. This caters in a small way to special needs of these children and attempts to help them rejoin the main stream of education. The School is co-educational.