The Society of Jesus is a religious order of the Catholic Church headquartered in Rome. It was founded by Ignatius of Loyola and six companions with the approval of Pope Paul III in 1540. A member is called a Jesuit. The society is engaged in evangelization and apostolic ministry in 112 nations. Jesuits work in education, research, and cultural pursuits. Jesuits also give retreats, minister in hospitals and parishes, sponsor direct social ministries, and promote ecumenical dialogue.
The Ratio atque Institutio Studiorum Societatis Iesu, often abbreviated as Ratio Studiorum, was a document that standardized the globally influential system of Jesuit education in 1599. It was a collection of regulations for school officials and teachers. The Ratio Studiorum relied on the classical subjects and did not contain any provisions for elementary education. The document was revised in 1832, still built upon the classical subjects but giving more attention to the study of native languages of the students, history, geography, mathematics, and the natural sciences.
St. Xavier's School, Hazaribagh is a private Catholic primary and secondary school located in Hazaribagh, in the state of Jharkhand, India. The co-educational Christian minority school was founded in 1952 by an Australian Jesuit missionary and is now owned and operated by the Hazaribagh Society of Jesus.
Scranton Preparatory School is a co-educational Jesuit high school located in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States.
St Xavier's Senior Secondary School is a private Catholic secondary school located in Jaipur, in Rajasthan in north-western India. The school was established by the Jesuits in 1943.
St. Xavier's School, Burdwan, is a private Catholic primary and secondary school located in Burdwan, West Bengal, India. The co-educational school was founded in 1964 and is managed by the Society of Jesus. It uses English as a medium for instruction and is unaided. This is the only co-educational Jesuit school under the St. Xavier's group of schools.
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School (CRJ) is an independent, Jesuit, co-educational, college preparatory school in Baltimore, Maryland, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore. It is part of the Cristo Rey Network of high schools, the original being Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago. CRJ opened in August 2007 and graduated its first class in June 2011. In partnership with the Maryland Province Jesuits and the Baltimore business community, the school targets lower income families of religious, racial, and ethnic diversity.
The Ateneo de Naga University, also referred to by its acronym AdNU, is a private Catholic Jesuit basic and higher education institution run by the Philippine Province of the Society of Jesus in Naga City, Camarines Sur, Philippines. It was established in 1940 when the Jesuits took over the administration of the diocesan school, Camarines Sur Catholic Academy. The Jesuits renamed the school Ateneo de Naga after taking control. The Jesuits were naming all the schools that they were opening at that time Ateneo. Ateneo de Naga was the fourth school named Ateneo by the Jesuits. Typical of universities in the Philippines, AdNU has primary and secondary departments, which are both coeducational.
Sacred Heart School – Ateneo de Cebu (SHS-AdC), originally named as Sacred Heart School for Boys (SHS-B), is a private, Catholic, Chinese-Filipino college-preparatory, K-12 school run by the Philippine Province of the Society of Jesus in Mandaue City, Philippines. It was established in 1955 with a curriculum that includes a Chinese language course.
St. Joseph's Boys' Higher Secondary School is a private Catholic secondary school for boys located in Kozhikode, in the state of Kerala, India. Established by the Jesuits in 1793, it is one of the oldest educational institutions in India and the oldest school in Kerala.
The Colegio Cristo Rey is a Jesuit elementary and secondary school located in the city of Asunción, Paraguay. It was founded in 1938.
Education in Belize is governed by the Education Act.
Archbishop Kavukatt Jubilee Memorial School, abbreviated as AKJM Public School, is a private Catholic primary and secondary school located in Kanjirappally, Kottayam District, in the state of Kerala, India. The school was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1961 and follows the principles of Jesuit pedagogy. In spite of its abbreviated name as a public school, the school is not aided by government funding.
Loyola Academy, also called Loyola Academy CBSE School and Loyola Academy Senior Secondary School, is a private Catholic primary and secondary school located in Chennai, Maraimalai Nagar, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The co-educational English Medium school was established in 2011 by the Jesuits and is closely affiliated with Loyola College, a higher educational institution in Chennai that offers bachelor's and master's degrees in association with Osmania University.
St. Xavier's Higher Secondary School is a private Catholic primary and senior secondary school located in Bettiah, Bihar, India. The school was founded in 1998 and is run by the Society of Jesus. The school offers kindergarten through higher secondary curriculum.
Loyola Higher Secondary School is a private Catholic secondary school located in Kuppayanallur, in the Kanchipuram district of Tamil Nadu, India. The Tamil-medium, co-educational high school was founded by the Jesuits in 1995 and educates students from grades six through twelve.
St. Joseph's School, Hassan, also collectively called St. Joseph's Institutions, Hassan, is a private Catholic primary and secondary school and private pre-university college located in Hassan, in the state of Karnataka, India. The school was founded by the Jesuits in 1956 and is now run in conjunction with the Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross. The compound has grown to include a primary school, medium school, and pre-university college.
St. Xavier’s School, Sahebganj is a private Catholic primary and secondary school located in Sahebganj, Jharkhand, India. The school was founded by the Maltese Jesuits in 1957 with English as the medium of instruction. It is co-educational, primary through higher secondary, and prepares students for the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE).
