It was on 16th and 17th June,1939 that heads of 7 schools under the Chairmanship of Mr. J P Sargent,
Educational Commissioner with the Government of India, assembled at
Gorton Castle Committee Room, Simla and decided to form an Association of the
Heads of Indian Public Schools (then known as
Head Masters’
Conference India).
The major
objective of the meeting was to advise the Government on educational problems
and educate the Indian Public to appreciate the need for a number of first class
schools in India whose general training is designed to prepare boys of ability
for positions of leadership and responsibility in all walks of life; and to
encourage the opening, development and expansion of such schools.
Mr. T H L Smith Pearce, Principal, Raj Kumar College, Raipur was the First
Organising Secretary. The meeting was convened mainly at the initiative of Mr. F
G Pearse, Scindia School , Gwalior.
The following eight Headmasters attended this meeting :
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Mr. T H L Smith Pearce, Raj Kumar College,
Raipur
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Mr. C H Barry, Attchison College, Indore
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Mr. E C Merchant, Daly College, Indore
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Mr. A E Foot, Doon School, Dehradun
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Mr. E Sprawson, Raj Kumar College, Rajkot
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Mr. F G Pearce, Scindian School, Gwalior
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Mr. J N Kayanade, Bhonsle Military School,
Nasik
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Dr B S Moomje, Seceratry, Bhonsala Military
School, Nasik
This was just a
preliminary meeting to consider the formation of the IPSC. The second and a
regular formal meeting of the Conference was held at Scindia School, Gwalior on
23rd and 25th October the same year.
At the third meeting in 1940 held at Raj Kumar College, Raipur, that the name of the Headmasters’ Conference
(India) was changed to its present name-the INDIAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS’ CONFERENCE
(IPSC) .
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