St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Baramulla

Missionary school in Baramulla, J&K, India

34°12′13″N 74°21′01″E / 34.203512°N 74.350305°E / 34.203512; 74.350305InformationSchool typeMissionary PrivateMottoManners maketh manReligious affiliation(s)Catholic ChristianPatron saint(s)St. JosephEstablished1905; 119 years ago (1905)FounderFr. C. B. Simons MHMStatusActiveSchool boardJ & K Board of School EducationAdministratorRoman Catholic Diocese of Jammu–SrinagarPrincipalFr. Suresh BrittoFacultyLocalGenderCo-EducationalNumber of students4000+ClassesClass Nursery – 12thLanguageEnglishHours in school day6^HrClassrooms160+CampusUrbanHousesPeace, Grace, Joy and WisdomColour(s)Blue, Green, Red, Yellow (All classes), Orange, Violet (Primary only)SportsFootball, Cricket, Volleyball, Basketball, kho-kho, Badminton, Athletics, hockeyNicknameJosephitesWebsitehttp://sjskashmir.com/index.php

St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School Baramulla (commonly referred to as the St. Josephs School Baramulla or SJS) is a private school located in Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir, India. The school has been upgraded to the status of a higher secondary school and has also started online education, the first in the Kashmir valley.^[1]^[2] St. Josephs School is located in the city of Baramulla. It has around 4,000 students and over 125 staff members.^[3]

The school was founded by the Mill Hill Fathers or Mill Hill Missionaries from London in 1903, owned by the Catholic Diocese of Jammu-Srinagar and is administered by its Education Society (Reg. No. 1601-S of 1989) under the provisions of article 30(1) of the Constitution; for everyone without any distinction of religion, caste, creed or colour.^[4]

History

The foundation of St. Josephs School Baramulla was laid by Father C. Simon, in late 18th century and eventually in 1903 he established the school.^[5] St. Joseph's School is one of the oldest missionary schools in Kashmir valley. The school was founded and run by Saint Joseph's Missionary Society of Mill Hill as a Boarding school initially. It was run by Society of Jesus after Mill Hill Missionaries left the mission.

Alumni

Maqbool Bhat- Kashmiri Revolutionary Leader, Journalist, author, philosopher, humanist and founder of National Liberation Front (NLF)and then declared leader of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF).^[6]^[7]^[8]
Mohammad Najibullah – Afghan President^[9]^[10]
Syed Altaf Bukhari - Indian Politician^[11]
Muhammad Ashraf Bukhari – Bureaucrat^[12]
Muhammad Yusuf Saraf- Chief Justice of the Azad Kashmir High Court^[13]^[14]

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^ "Mohammad Najibullah – President of Afghanistan". www.worldpresidentsdb.com. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
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^ Saraf, Muhammad Yusuf (1977). "Kashmiris Fight for Freedom".
^ "KASHMIR: Nearest to his heart". Greater Kashmir. 14 March 2015.