Brahmo Balika Shikshalaya, popularly called "Brahmo Girls School", located at 294 APC Roy Road, Kolkata 700009, is a Bengali-medium girls' school founded by the Brahmo Samaj. Pundit Shivnath Shastri was the visionary and founder of the school, he was an eminent social and Brahmo religious leader. The first school for girls was founded by John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune. The first graduate Indian woman Kadambini Bose, was a student of the school. The school was named as "Shikshalaya" (that means, where a total education is pledged, both the knowledge from books and enlightenment values). Going above and beyond the basic core of formal education, the curricula includes: music, drama, needle work, various sports, self-defence techniques like karate, and more. The school motto is "Shradhhaya-Tapasa-Sevaya", which means "Respect, Judgement, Service".
