Type Private Principal Br. E. V Miranda, CFC Grades KG-12 Number of students 3,500 | Established 1941 Faculty 100+ Phone 011 2336 3462 Founded 1941 | |
Motto Sapere aude sincere et constanter(We Care) Address 1, Ashok Place, Near Gole Dakhana, Gole Market, New Delhi, Delhi 110001 | ||
St. Columba's School, Delhi, India, was established in 1941, one of twelve thousand English Medium schools of its kind conducted by the Indian Province of the Congregation of Christian Brothers which was founded by Edmund Ignatius Rice, a Roman Catholic missionary and educationalist. It has followed the CBSE system of education. The campus of St. Columba's School is located in the heart of Delhi and extends over a couple of acres. St. Columba's School alumni include 2 Rhodes Scholars and a Pulitzer Prize winner. Students are referred to as Columbans. The school admits only boys. Famous celebrities like Shah Rukh Khan and Kunal Nayyar have passed out from St.Columbas. The school has completed 75 years.
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History
St. Columba's was founded in 1941, by the Congregation of Christian Brothers, a Catholic society from Ireland that has undertaken missionary and educational work worldwide. This group, also informally known as the Christian Brothers, was founded by Edmund Ignatius Rice. St. Columba's School, New Delhi is one of the 19 Christian Brothers Schools in India. St. Columba's School began with 32 boys in New Delhi next to the Sacred Heart Cathedral, admitting through class 6. It was one of the first schools in India to introduce computer education. The junior school opened in 1942, at the site of what previously had been a rose garden.
Academics & Science
Arts & Entertainment
Politics
Law
Business
Military
Sports
Senior School
The senior school building once housed the entire school. Today, the 11th and 12th classes are to be found here along with a library, science laboratories and the administration wing. On the first floor were the residences of the Christian Brothers, which were shifted to the Provincialate Wing in 2011.
Edmund Rice Hall
The Edmund Rice Hall (ERH) has an indoor basketball cum badminton court. It has a stage at one end, seating space to accommodate more than 2000 people and stadium-like step seating at the far end. It hosts the annual Christmas Play that is a major attraction, being organised entirely by the students and the faculty. It also hosts the Columban Jindal basketball tournament.
Columban Open Quiz
The Columban Open quiz is the premier school quiz of North India, with more than 200 teams participating every year. Started in 1984, The Columban Open quiz is in its thirty third edition and is one of the most prestigious quizzes in the circuit. It is organised by the Quiz Society of St. Columba's consisting of students and a teacher in charge.The Quiz is generally held in the month of August.The 2015 edition was won by Delhi Public School R.K. Puram (Shubham Sarcar, Aryaman Dubey, Anahida Bharadwaj and Abhimanyu Sinha) with a second team from D.P.S R.K Puram (Akshay Gupta, Aditya Sengupta, Hibah Mirza and Aneesh Gupta) in second place. The 2016 edition of the quiz was won by Modern School Barakhamba Road (Ayan Marwaha, Aatmik Gupta, Paavas Bhasin, Aniket Joshi) with Delhi Public School R.K. Puram as runners-up (Aryaman Dubey, Aveneel Waadhwa, Hibah Mirza, Aneesh Gupta).