St. Xavier's School, Rohini

St. Xavier's School, Rohini, is a Christian English medium school under the management of the Society of Jesus, an international Catholic religious order. The school is coeducational and recognized by the Board of Education Delhi Administration and is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE),[1] with science, commerce, and humanities streams.[2]

St. Xavier's School, Rohini
Location
Sahibabad Daulat Pur, Rohini
Delhi, India
Information
Established1990 (1990)
PrincipalFr. Shaju, SJ
GradesJunior through higher secondary and vocational
GenderCoeducational
AffiliationCBSE
Website

History

The school at [Shahbad Daulat Pur]], Rohini, Delhi, was started in 1972. The Jesuits took over the management of the school in 1990, when it became affiliated with St. Xavier's School, Delhi. The new building was completed on 1 May 1998 and the school has grown to include close to 4,000 students. The Rohini campus includes a junior school, vocational training, and a National Institute of Open Schooling (afternoon tutorial). The Loyola Vocational Institute is mainly for high school dropouts and has eight hundred students; remedial tutorial classes are held for children attending local government schools. The school was graded an "A star institution" by the Times News Network.[3] It enjoys the administrative assistance of the Congregation of Jesus (CJ) sisters since 2006.[4]

Activities

These include Student's Council, excursions, eco club, inter-house competitions, yoga, annual day, theatre club, sports day, inter-school competitions, parents day, and other celebrations. The school uses the house system where houses compete for points[5] and each January activities culminate with a sports day where a trophy is awarded to the winning house.[6]

Facilities include: grass playing fields, gymnasium, activities and yoga room,[7] audio-visual room, auditorium,[8] music room, and labs for science, computers, mathematics, and English language.[9]

References
  1. "CBSE Schools in Delhi | List of CBSE Schools | Byjus.com". CBSE Class 6-10. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  2. "Courses | Xavier". xaviersrohini.edu.in. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  3. "Technical training at the Loyola Vocational Institute in India - Edujesuit". Edujesuit. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  4. "About Xavier's | Xavier". xaviersrohini.edu.in. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  5. "Activities | Xavier". xaviersrohini.edu.in. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  6. arti manoja (7 December 2014), St. Xavier, shaahbad daulatpur, delhi. Sports day, retrieved 8 September 2017
  7. [PDF]CBSE National yoga Championship 2016 - Acharyakulam
  8. Pawan Yadav (18 October 2015), St. Xavier's School, Rohini, retrieved 8 September 2017
  9. "Facilities | Xavier". xaviersrohini.edu.in. Retrieved 8 September 2017.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.