St. Xavier's Higher Secondary School | |
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Coordinates | 26°48′10″N84°31′1.1″E / 26.80278°N 84.516972°E Coordinates: 26°48′10″N84°31′1.1″E / 26.80278°N 84.516972°E |
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School type | Private primary and secondary school |
Motto | Service with Love |
Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
Denomination | Jesuits |
Patron saint(s) | Francis Xavier, SJ |
Established | 1998 |
President | Fr.Joy Karayampuram, SJ |
Rector | Fr. Joy Marrypuram, SJ |
Principal | Fr. Richard D, SJ |
Faculty | 60+ |
Grades | K-12 |
Gender | Co-educational |
Average class size | 60/class |
Language | English |
Classrooms | 40 |
Campus size | 5.44 hectares (13.4 acres) |
Affiliations | Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi |
Website | www |
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. [1]
The Society of Jesus (Latin : Societas Iesu, S.J., SJ, or SI) is a male religious order within the Catholic Church. Jesuits have been active in the field of education throughout the world from the start. [2] The Jesuits number over 16,000 and comprise the largest single religious order in the Catholic Church. Jesuit priests and brothers are engaged in ministries in 112 nations on six continents. Their work is focused on education and intellectual pursuits, mainly at the secondary and tertiary levels, as well as missionary work and ministry in human rights and social justice. [3] These educational institutions engage roughly 1 lakh collaborators and educate approximately 18 lakh students.
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