DAV Public School, Sawang, CCL was established in 1989 in collaboration with Central Coalfields Limited, Ranchi. It is one of the best schools of Jharkhand Zone-01 (Dhanbad) as well as one of the best schools in CCL. However it is situated in a very remote area in the lap of Coal mines. Even then its surrounding is evergreen throughout the year having beautiful, neat and clean campus which creates healthy and congenial atmosphere for all round development of the students. It has been running smoothly under the supervision and control of DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi and the CCL Management as well as strong introspection of Regional Director, Shri. K.C Srivastava. It is a Co-educational English Medium Public School, affiliated to CBSE, New Delhi upto Class - XII (Science & Commerce). The School has offered a platform for all round development of the student for which CBSE has renamed the school as ‘CBSE NEW GENERATION SCHOOL’.
The school possesses more than 12 acres of land with a magnificent campus, a big playground to provide all the facilities in games, sports and cultural activities. It has a grand library, well-equipped Science Laboratories and a latest developed Computer Science Laboratory with LCD Projector and internet facilities. The school has its own reputation in DAV map due to excellent result with the tireless efforts of dedicated and devoted skilled teachers along with the co-operation of parents and students. Moreover, we not only believe in developing a child in the field of academics but also do his total conversion into an ideal citizen. Even the students of illiterate parents show their excellency in all respects every year by performing well in AISSE & AISSCE exams. In fact, the conducive contribution of CCL Management is highly appreciable. The overall strength of the students is more than 2200 which tends to increase every year.