Rabindranath's attendance at Bengal Academy did not improve. He was frequently absent on one lame excuse or another, even after returning from the Himalayas. He was then admitted to St.Xevier's school along with his other brothers. But the result was the same. In the meantime, Sarada Devi, wife of Devendranath, died in 1875, when Ranindranath was fourteen years old. At the death of such a well organised housewife of the family, every thing became disorderly. The elder sisters and sisters-in-law of Rabindranath, being sympathetic to him, also did not press him to go to school.
At home, Rabindranath began to study Bengali books, Bengali magazines and anything which he could lay his hands on. Specially, he began to study Baishnab Padabali. As a result, he was not promoted to the next class after the end of the year. This led to the discontinuation of his going to school and that was the end of his school education at the age of 14+ when he was reading fifth standard, i.e., class VI. The summary of his School education was as follows :
1. At the age of 5 - in 1866 - Rituals for first lesson was done along with Somendranath.
2. At the age of 7- in 1868- he was admitted to Oriental Seminary and then to Normal School.
3. At the age of 10- in 1871- he was transferred to Bengal Academy, an Anglo-Indian School with the intention of acquiring a better vocabulary in English.
4. At the age of 13- in 1874- he was admitted to St. Xavier's School. The last Indian School where he was admitted.
