St. Peter's High School, India

The St. Peter's High School is an educational institution started by Mill Hill Missionaries from London in 1952 and belongs to Roman Catholic Diocese of Jammu-Srinagar now, it is affiliated to Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination.

St. Peter's High School
Address
NH 1A, B.C. Road

Jammu
,
Jammu and Kashmir
180016
Coordinates
Information
TypeMissionary
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
Established1952 (1952)
FounderFr. J. Boerkamp MHM
Sister schoolSt. Peter’s Higher Secondary School, Karan Bagh
AdministratorDiocese of Jammu - Srinagar Education Society
PrincipalFr. S. Joseph
GenderCo-Education
Classes offeredU.K.G to 10th
LanguageEnglish
CampusUrban
Color(s)  
grey and white
AffiliationCouncil for the Indian School Certificate Examination
Websitewww.stpeterjammu.org

History

Father John Boerkamp MHM and Lt. Col. Dean requested the then Hon’ble Chief Minister, Sheikh Abdullah, for a piece of land in order to build a Convent School in Jammu. He rented a house near Kashmiri Mohalla, Baba Jivan Shah and stayed there for 2 years. It was from the same house that St. Peters' High School, B.C Road[1][2][3] originated in 1952. Initially, it was an Urdu Medium School and only those Catholic Students were admitted who were denied admission elsewhere in Jammu City. In 1954, Father Boerkamp bought a bungalow at B. C. Road Jammu and began an English Medium School there with the help of the Presentation Sisters.

Division

In 1964, the Presentation Sisters shifted the school, now popularly known as Presentation Convent Senior Secondary School, to the new venue in Gandhi Nagar, where as B.C. Road School continued to function as St. Peters's.

Changes

The School changed its medium of instruction from Urdu to English in 1984 and in 1987 it was recognized as a High School by the State Government.[4][5][6]

See also

References
  1. Limited, InLinks Communication Private. "St. Peter's School celebrates Annual Day - Jammu Links News". jammulinksnews.com. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  2. www.time2study.in. "St. Peter's High School B.C. Road Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir 180001, India, Jammu". www.time2study.in. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  3. "St Peter's celebrates Annual Day". Jammu Kashmir Latest News | Tourism | Breaking News J&K. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  4. [St. Peters High School BC Road Jammu St. Peters High School BC Road Jammu] Check |url= value (help). Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "On mission to educate Jammu". Jammu Kashmir Latest News | Tourism | Breaking News J&K. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  6. "St. Peter's BC Road Jammu".
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