Central School for Tibetan Sonada is situated in the Shivalik range of the Himalayas at an altitude of 6500 feet above sea level in the state of West Bengal. The day school was established in 1975 and is located 65 km away from Siliguri in the South and 20 Km away from Darjeeling, the world famous tourist center, in the North.

The school is running classes from 1 to X standard. It is affiliated with Central Board for Secondary Education, Delhi. The total students' strength during the current academic session is 226 and 22 staff members comprising of 17 teaching and 5 non-teaching staff. The academic results for 2007-08 session was 100% from classes I to VIII and in Common Annual Examination for Class IX was 95.45%. This year's Class X board result was 88.89% with highest score by Badhe Rucha Mandar (91.8%). The school has well developed computer lab, science lab, math and geography lab, M.L.L, music room with modern equipments, library, games and sports room, arts and craft room, resource center and one toilet block etc. The school staff takes active measures to develop creativity among the students, organizing seminars for developing/updating competency of the subject teachers. 

Front view of CST Sonada

Rear view of the school

Central School for Tibetan Sonada is situated in the Shivalik range of the Himalayas at an altitude of 6500 feet above sea level in the state of West Bengal. The day school was established in 1975 and is located 65 km away from Siliguri in the South and 20 Km away from Darjeeling, the world famous tourist center, in the North.

The school is running classes from 1 to X standard. It is affiliated with Central Board for Secondary Education, Delhi. The total students' strength during the current academic session is 226 and 22 staff members comprising of 17 teaching and 5 non-teaching staff. The academic results for 2007-08 session was 100% from classes I to VIII and in Common Annual Examination for Class IX was 95.45%. This year's Class X board result was 88.89% with highest score by Badhe Rucha Mandar (91.8%). The school has well developed computer lab, science lab, math and geography lab, M.L.L, music room with modern equipments, library, games and sports room, arts and craft room, resource center and one toilet block etc. The school staff takes active measures to develop creativity among the students, organizing seminars for developing/updating competency of the subject teachers. 

Majority of the students reside in a hostel run by the Tibetan Settlement Office having modern amenities and caters to the needs of Tibetan children coming from neighboring states and remote border areas. The children in the hostel are provided a nutritious diet and under overall control by the settlement officer.

The school takes pride in having teachers like Mr. N.K Singh, PRT (English) has been awarded the prestigious National Award for Teachers for 2005 by the President of India and this year, Mrs. Yolu Dolma, PRT (General) has been nominated for the national award for 2007. In a state level painting competition on energy conservation conducted by the Ministry of Power, Govt. of India on 14th November 2007, Ms. Tenzin Chokyi of Class V got consolation prize worth Rs.2000 plus certificate. In the CBSE Athletics meets cluster I & II conducted at Bakaro Steel DAV senior secondary school, the participants had bagged 1 Bronze and 4 Silver medals on 2-4 November 2007.

The current school principal Shri. Raj Kumar Srivastava has held the post since 2nd August 2004.