St. Joseph's PU College, Anekal

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St. Joseph's PU College, Anekal
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St. Joseph's PU College, Anekal
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Type Pre-university,
Denomination Catholic (Jesuit)
Established2010;11 years ago (2010)
Staff28
GenderCoeducational
Enrollment542
Language Kannada
Website www.karnatakajesuits.org/sjpucanekal.html

St. Joseph's PU College, Anekal, India, was founded by the Society of Jesus in 2010 in Anekal town, a suburb of Bangalore. It offers two years of pre-university education to an underserved rural population. A feeder school is the Jesuit St. Joseph School, Anekal less than 2 kilometers away.

In 2015 there were 542 students studying in both I and II PU in different streams: PCMB, PCMC, HEBA, CEBA and HEPS. There are a total of 28 staff members. [1]

Hindu activists have attacked the students and administrators three times, with seeming impunity under the BJP government in Karnataka. The student body consists of 60% Dalit Hindus with the remainder Christians and Muslims. [2]

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References

  1. ":Karnataka Jesuits". www.karnatakajesuits.org. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  2. Asia News on attack by ultra-nationalists. Retrieved 19 January 2017.

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