St. Edward's School is a premier convent school located at Milsington Estate, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India.[8] It is a boys-only day school. St. Edward's has been ranked among the top schools in India.[9] It was initially affiliated to CISCE but was changed over to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) system in 2008. Today the School is managed by Simla Chandigarh Educational Society, under the Bishop of Simla Chandigarh Diocese.[10] The school offers education from Nursery to Class XII.
St. Edward's School Schola S. Eduardi | |
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Address | |
Milsington Estate, Cart Road , 171001 | |
Coordinates | 31°05′43″N 77°10′19″E / 31.095321°N 77.172021°E |
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Type | Convent school |
Motto | Latin: Lumen Sequere ("Follow the Light") |
Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
Patron saint(s) | St. Edward[1] |
Established | 9 March 1925 |
Founders | Irish Christian Brothers |
School district | Shimla |
Oversight | Simla Chandigarh Diocese |
President | Ignatius Loyola Mascarenhas[2] |
Principal | Fr. Anil Wilson Sequeira[3] |
Staff | 75[4] |
Grades | Nursery - Class XII |
Gender | Boys |
Number of students | Approx. 2000 |
Language | English |
Campus size | 15,909 m2 (171,240 sq ft)[5] |
Campus type | Urban |
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Colour(s) | Navy blue, green & yellow |
Rival | Bishop Cotton School |
Accreditation | AISSCE AISSE |
Yearbook | The Edwardian Voices[6] |
Tuition | ₹52,660 - ₹58,200[7] |
Affiliation | CBSE 2008 onwards CISCE until 2008 |
Alumni | Old Edwardians |
Website | stedwardsshimla.org |
House name and Colours[11] | |||
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House | Motto | Colour | Swatch |
St. John's | Sure and Steadfast | Yellow | |
St. Matthew's | To Dare is to Do | Blue | |
St. Mark's | Learn Leap Lead | Red | |
St. Luke's | Deeds not Words | Green |
All students are placed in one of the four houses named after the Four Evangelists: St. Mark's House, St. Luke's House, St. Matthew's House and St. John's House. Each house is led by a captain and a vice-captain, who are responsible for organizing and conducting various co-curricular activities in the school. They are usually chosen on the basis of their academic performance in addition to their participation in sports and cultural activities. Apart from the house captains, there are also a school captain and a vice-captain.[12] Other members of the school cabinet includes school reporter, sports captain and vice-captain, activity captain and vice-captain and school editors.[13]
Various clubs form a central part of holistic learning in the school, namely the cultural club, science and maths club, literary club, sports club, eco club and yoga.
The school landed itself in a controversy in 2012 by not allowing a Sikh student to wear a turban in school.[14][15][16] The issue was settled after the intervention of the government.[17][18][19][20]
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