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St. Joseph's College
File:SJC Crest.jpg
Location
Map
Nainital, Uttarakhand, India
Information
TypePrivate
Established1888
PrincipalMr. Peter Emmanuel
FacultyApproximately 90
Grades1-12
EnrollmentApproximately 1000
Colour(s)Dark Blue & Light Blue   
SportsSoccer, Cricket, Lawn Tennis, Basketball, Swimming, Field Hockey, Track and Field, Squash, Boxing, Badminton, Softball, Gymnastics, Table Tennis, and Billiards
AffiliationICSE, ISC
Information+91(5942)238097, 239039
Houses  Gandhi (St. Peters)
  Nehru (St. Francis)
  Pant (St. Patricks)
  Tagore (St. Pauls)
Motto (Latin)Certa Bonum Certamen means 'Fight the Good Fight'

St Joseph's College Nainital is a day boarding and residential school in Nainital, Uttarakhand, India providing public school education. Starting from 2010 academic session, the school will also accept girls for day boarding, for classes 11 and 12.

Overview

St. Joseph's College Nainital was established in 1888. The site was the location of a seminary, run by the Italian Capuchin Fathers. The seminary ran for a short while and then reopened as a Catholic school for boys: St. Joseph's College. The school is still referred to as "SEM" (for Seminary). In 1892 four Christian Brothers took formal charge of St. Joseph's College and thus began the involvement of the Christian Brothers in the running of the school.

St. Joseph's College is one of the 20 educational institutions in India conducted by the Congregation of Christian Brothers, a pontifical institute, founded in Ireland in 1802 by Edmund Ignatius Rice - a wealthy Catholic layman, who was beatified in 1996.

Brother T. P. Fitzpatrick, Brother J. P. Murray, Br. O. A. Ballantyne and Br. Beddoe (Vice Principal, Br. Superior) play an active role in the school, taking classes and involving themselves in co-curricular activities.

Boys and campus

Boys : The boys are aged between 6 and 18. Roll strength is about 960, with 360 boarders. New admissions are taken only in classes one and three. There is no intake in any other class. The school is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations and prepares students for the ICSE examinations. The school recently started plus-two section for ISC examination.

Campus and activities: The school located at an altitude of about 2,000 meters above sea level amidst the idyllic surroundings of Kumaon Hills. It has six playing fields, a gymnasium, lawn tennis, 2 squash courts, basketball court, billiard tables, and a swimming pool. The school plays against schools like Sherwood College, St. Columba's etc. in inter-college tournaments. Events like quizzes, debates, declamations and elocution are held regularly.

School anthem

The school (College front)

You've heard of many a school I trow
And many a college too
But there is one that always is
The best for me 'n you
'Tis perched o'er Naini's lovely lake
And our dads were there of old
For a century and more 'tis known
As the home of the true and bold

'Twas called at first the good old Sem
And later SJC
And a dearer place cannot be found
At least for you and me
Its boys are hard to beat my friends
In classroom, field or fame
Their motto down the years has been
Make sure to play the game

And here's to the boys of SJC
To her children every man
And pass the word to those who'll come
Give the motto of the clan
Adown the years to fight life's fight To fight it clean and be
Among the boys who've kept the bridge
At dear old SJC

Notable alumni

Alumni share news and other information at alumni yahoo group. A list of yahoo groups for different batches.

Armed Forces

Public Service

Civil Services and Public Sector Undertakings

Politics

Business/Commerce/Industry

Education/Publication/Fine Arts

Sports

Medical

  • Jack (Phut) Sexton + - # Dean of Medicine, Aberdeen University.
  • Dr. Ashok Daftry - Specialist, Geriatric and Internal Medicine, MD: St. Joseph's Medical Center [32], USA
  • Dr. Sunil Jain - Noted Ophthalmologist, Delhi
  • Dr. Ravi Roy - Homoeopathic Doctor, Author of several best sellers in Homoepathy [33], Germany

Miscellaneous


# = Former
+ = Deceased
^ = Retired

Trivia

The school's magnificent architectural buildings have featured in quite a few Indian films. The best known, which have won numerous awards are Masoom (winner of 4 Filmfare awards) and Koi Mil Gaya (winner of 5 Filmfare awards), incidentally, lead roles of these films went on to win best actor award . Others are Himalay Putra, a short documentary titled Mahatma and few music videos.

See Also

List of Christian Brothers Schools

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