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School uniform of St. Paul's, Darjeeling being dried on a tin-roof - Another dose of nostalgia from the hills... What needs to be done to beat the monsoon blues, and shake away the fungus and mildew/mould! Uniforms of students of Darjeeling's St. Paul's School are laid out to dry on a tin-roof, by the local dhobi. St. Paul's School is an independent boarding school for boys situated in the town of Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. Entrance tests for admission are held every September. The school follows the ICSE curriculum till the 10th year and the ISC for higher secondary. St. Paul's School was founded in Calcutta by Archdeacon Corrie at the instigation of John William Ricketts, a local Anglo-Indian leader, and opened at 11 Park Street on May 1, 1823. The school was moved to its present Ja