The school came into force on 20^th September, 1968. Shri. Sunil Kr. Pal was the first Governing-Officer of the school. He started educating with only five students on the onset. Practically education started smoothly from January 1970 onwards.

     Shri. Debabrata Bandyopadhyay, then Minister of Jail & Social Welfare, officially inaugurated the students hostel/ residential campus on 5^th July, 1986. He developed an expert-committee for the upliftment of the school. As prescribed by that committee the post of the Governing Officer was abolished; instead the post of Principal was created who would also be the D.D.O. & Head of the Office. Posts for five expert teachers, two craft-teachers, one music-teacher, two livestock & farm-teachers and four additional staffs were sanctioned. Arrangements for a total of hundred (75) residential students were also sanctioned.
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     Shri. Sadhan Chandra Das was appointed as the first Principal of this school on 1^st November 1989. At present Shri. Phani Bhusan Sen is the second working Principal of the institute.

     This prosperous school now stands head-high as the only biggest residential government institute for the blind of not only Cooch Behar but entire North Bengal amidst various hurdles. Credit behind this success goes to the teachers-employees and students of the school. Many generous citizens, Red Cross, Lions Club, different social organisations, State Social Development Deptt., District Administration and above all people in general have cared for establishing this institute by extending their kind efforts and suggestions. For these overwhelm kindness we owe our sincere gratitude to them all.

     At present 49 unfortunately blind students are getting residential education facilities without sparing any cost. Separate hostel facilities with appropriate female staffs for imparting education to girls have been thought upon. There are no facilities for girl-students at the moment. Till date among the students admitted to this school, apart from Cooch Behar there are students from Darjeeling, Murshidabad, Nadia as well. Besides these, students from neighbouring states like Bihar, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and others are also getting the scope for studying here.

Shri. Phani Bhusan Sen is the present Principal of the Govt. School for the Blind, Cooch Behar.

Principal	Contact Address :   Govt. School for the Blind (beside DM's Bunglow)   P.O. & Dist. - Cooch Behar   Pin - 736101, West Bengal
	Phone nos. :   (03582) 222602 (O)  &  9434080245 (Mobile)   (03582) 231145 (Principal's Quarter) E-mail : gbscob@gmail.com

• Guidance are given to blind and other handicapped students and theirs guardians are well instructed about study-training-treatment-employment and other matters.
• Various equipments like Braille-notes and educational apparatus are lent to blind students for their use.

• Students of eleven-twelve standards are getting the opportunity of studying Braille books at the Library.
• Awareness camps, cultural programmes, promotional posters, publications etc. are organised for imparting clear-cut ideas to the blind and other disabled.

1. Application to be filled in stipulated Admission Form.
2. Submission of Certificate from vision-expert/doctor regarding blindness.
3. Family monthly income statement as per govt. rules in specified space.
4. The student should not bear any past/prolong critical disease.

Admission Form and Medical Certificate for the blind can be downloaded by clicking these links : Document Format       or        PDF Format To Open the .PDF format you require Acrobat Reader. In case you do not have Adobe-Acrobat installed in your system, Download from Adobe-website.

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• Blind students from 6 to 18 years study from nursery to eighth standard in this residential school.

• Students learn vocal and instrumental music along with general studies.

• Students can appear in exams conducted by recognised music colleges.

• Students lend Braille books from Library and also use various apparatus.

• Handicapped students are taught to enhance their creativity abilities.

• After passing out class eight, students can avail studying in outside general school-colleges staying at the student-hostel till the age of eighteen.

• Opportunity for attaining training in handicrafts and farming at Mumbai, Delhi, Dehradun and Narendrapur (Kolkata). 

• Get enrolled in Employment Exchange and employment assistance.

• Grant of one thousand rupees under the Rehabilitation Assistance Plan as the principal capital for setting up personal business incentive - this facility has been under cease at present.

• Assistance/support in obtaining Bank-Loan to interested ex-students.

• All possible sorts of assistance and training endeavour so as to let them lead a self-reliant life.

• Opportunity provided for participating in sports and cultural competitions at district & state level thus growing up to face this vast society.

• Domestic care, school discipline and local affection - combination of these three contribute to their overall development.