St. John's High School, Ranchi

Private secondary school in Jharkhand, India

23°22′4″N 85°19′38″E / 23.36778°N 85.32722°E / 23.36778; 85.32722InformationTypePrivate secondary schoolMottoCharacter building is superior to science and knowledgeReligious affiliation(s)CatholicismDenominationJesuitsEstablished1887; 137 years ago (1887)^[1]Sister schoolSt. Xavier's College, RanchiPrincipalFr. Florence Kujur, S.J.Grades6 – 12GenderBoysCampusUrbanAffiliationJharkhand School Examination BoardMediumHindi

St. John's High School, Ranchi is a private Catholic secondary school for boys located in Purulia Road in Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. The school was founded by the Jesuits in 1887 and provides boys with an education from grades KG to 12.

History

The origin of St. John's dates back to July 1869 when Fr. Stockman came to Chaibasa from Calcutta, ten years after two Belgian and one English Jesuit began the Bengal Mission. The Munda tribals (adivasis) of the area were being exploited by tax collectors, landlords, and the British colonizers, and it was not until 1885, with the arrival of Fr. Constant Lievens, that productive contacts were made between the adivasis of the Chotanagpur plateau and the Jesuit missionaries.^[2] St. John’s was the first school founded by this mission, in 1887, and named the following year after Saint John Berchmans, a young Belgian Jesuit who had been canonised in Rome that year.^[1]

St. John's is one of the oldest schools in the entire region,^{[clarification needed]} and had a year-long celebration of its centenary in 1989-90 which was attended by the Chief Minister of the state and hundreds of alumni.

Academics

The language of instruction is Hindi. The school is affiliated with the Jharkhand School Examination Board for class 10 examinations. It educates pupils from class 7 to class 10. Pupils of classes 1 to 6 are taught at St. John's Middle School, which is located on the same campus under the same administration.^[3]

St. John's High School has a sister school, St. Xavier's College, Ranchi, which is on an adjacent campus.

References

^ ^a ^b Grace, Gerald; O'Keefe, Joseph, eds. (2007). International Handbook of Catholic Education: Challenges for School Systems. p. 692. ISBN 978-1-4020-5776-2.
^ "Welcome to Ranchi Jesuit Society". www.ranjesu.org. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
^ "St. John;s High School Ranchi, Ward No 4, Ranchi - Jharkhand". iCBSE. Retrieved 2 September 2017.