Presbyterian Mission High School, Diphu

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Presbyterian Mission School
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Type Day school
Opened2000
School district Karbi Anglong
PrincipalK Lallianzuala (2019-Present)
Grades Nursery to Class 10
Feeder schools Synod Mission Board, Mizoram
Website https://www.pmhsdiphu.com/

Presbyterian Mission School, Diphu is a Christian co-educational institution, established in 2000, run by the Karbi Anglong Presbyterian Mission with the help of the Synod Mission Board of Mizoram, Presbyterian Church of India. It is an unaided School comprising Nursery to Secondary level. The school has branches in various parts of Karbi Anglong district, Assam, under the same name. Presbyterian Mission High School is a self-supporting Mission School. The institution is affiliated with the Board of Secondary Education, Assam (SEBA).

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Method of teaching

The school use English as the medium of teaching. The school is aided by several missionaries and volunteer from the community. The missionaries devote their life to the school and social activism through educational liberation.

Activities

Morning devotion is conducted every other day, in which students are assigned to read one Bible verse and sing hymns.

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School premise
Teachers Photograph of 2014 Presbyterian Mission School, Diphu Teachers 2014.jpg
Teachers Photograph of 2014

Administrative

Headmasters who have served in the school:

HeadmasterYear
Saidinga Sailo (B.A, B.Ed.)2000-2005
T. Lalchhuangliana (M.A, B.Ed.)2006-2010
H. Lalthankhuma (M.A, B.Ed.)2011-2018
K. Lallianzuala (B.Sc(Hon), B.Ed., M.A)2019-Present

Scholastic

4 Unit Test, Half-yearly and annual examination are conducted to evaluate students. Promotion is based on the overall performance in examinations.

Non-scholastic also co-scholastics

Students are assigned activities relevant to their gender, such as embroidery for girls, and bamboo works for boys. However, there are some activities that are unisex: clay modelling, book binding, and knitting.

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References

    Website : https://www.pmhsdiphu.com/