Patron saint(s) Bishop of Kollam Classes offered LKG to Standard XII Campus type Suburban School district Kollam district Medium of language English language | Principal Rev. Fr. Silvie Antony Campus size 6 acres (24,000 m) Founded 1940 Motto Ora et labora Sports Basketball, Football | |
Houses Boscos
Berchmans
Brittos Address NGO Quarters - Bharathmatha College Rd, Thrikkakara, Edappally, Kakkanad, Kerala 682021 | ||
The Infant Jesus Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School is an educational institution affiliated to CISCE based in Kollam city in the south Indian state of Kerala. It was established in 1940 by the Jerome M. Fernandez, Bishop of Kollam. The school is situated in Tangasseri, which was a stronghold of western culture with a historical background of ancient Portuguese, Dutch and English settlements. The school was founded primarily to cater to the education of the Anglo Indian Community, the then predominant community of the region.
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It was started by the Anglo Indian community (people who remained when the British left India) to educate their children. It was later opened to the public in and around Kollam.
History
The Infant Jesus Anglo-Indian Boys School was started to educate the Anglo-Indian boys in the locality; the girls were educated at the Mount Carmel Convent Anglo-Indian Girls High School in Tangasseri itself, opposite to IJHS. Bishop Jerome M Fernandez inaugurated the school, offering a Holy Mass at the nearby Infant Jesus Pro-Cathedral (elevated as Cathedral on December 3, 2005) on January 8, 1940. At first there were 15 students and two staff members, which eventually increased to about 3,500 students and 110 staff members. Mrs. Mary Netto was the first principal.
Notable alumni
Principals
The principals of the Infant Jesus school: