Let the Clarion Call Resound " a Biscoite is a Man for Others"
The school was started by Christian missionaries and was named after Canon Cecil Tyndale-Biscoe (1863-1949).[2] It still has affiliations with the Church Mission Society.
In the late-nineteenth century, Kashmir was a princely state and though Kashmir was not a component of the British Empire in India, the Maharaja encouraged foreign experts to help in the development of the state. Tyndale-Biscoe aimed to use his own Christian values and western civic ideals to improve Kashmiri society.
Tyndale-Biscoe's educational philosophy valued the acquisition of more profound attributes and abilities than conspicuous intellect, or 'cleverness'. His schooling placed emphasis on physical activities — boxing, boating, football — which would stimulate senses of courage, masculinity and physical fitness. The pupils engaged in civic duties, such as street-cleaning, and in helping deal with flooding and cholera. Two people who contributed significantly to the further development of the school were the late Eric Tyndale-Biscoe (the son of Canon) and Pandit Niranjan Nath Fotadar the Headmaster in the 1940s.
