Historical Background of STS Sonada
Sambhota Tibetan School, Sonada is located within Shivalik Range of Himalayan Mountains at an altitude of approx. 6500ft. in the West Bengal state of India. It is 65 km from Siliguri city and 17 km from Darjeeling town. It was first established in the year 1975. Our school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (C.B.S.E), New Delhi and there are classes from I-X.Our school comprises of a Computer Room, Science Laboratory, Mathematics laboratory, Music/Dance Room, Resource Room, Library, Staff Room, P.E. Room and Exam Room.Majority of our students reside at the hostel under the administration of Darjeeling Tibetan Refugee Co-operative Collective Farming Society Ltd (D.T.R.C.C.F.S. Ltd.), Sonada. They mostly hail from Nepal border, Mon-Tawang and Arunachal Pradesh.Our school was under the Central Tibetan Schools Administration until 5th May, 2018, when it was handed over to Sambhota Tibetan Schools Society. On 28th May, 2018, the school was formally started to run under the administration of Sambhota Tibetan Schools Society.Since the inception of Central School for Tibetans, Sonada, there have been many effective and efficient principals running the school. Currently, Mrs. Yangzom is serving here as the principal of the school.