Type Private Principal Mr Nigel D'Souza Phone 0341 228 1059 Number of students 1,800 Colors Green, Gold | Established 1891 Grades KG-12 Founded 1891 Faculty 60 | |
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Motto Sola Nobilitas Virtus
Nobility is the sole Virtue Athletics Football, Cricket, Swimming, Basketball, Badminton, Table Tennis, Hockey. Address GT Rd, Chelidanga, Asansol, West Bengal 713301 Similar St Vincent’s High And, St Mary Goretti Girls' Hig, Asansol Ramkrish Mission H, Dayanand Anglo Vedic Hig Profiles | ||
St. Patrick's Higher Secondary School or SPS is one of the oldest schools in eastern India. It is a kindergarten through 12th grade school of secondary education, located in Asansol, in the western part of West Bengal, about 200 km from Kolkata (Calcutta).
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Founding
St. Patrick’s School was built in 1877 as a Scholasticate for Belgian Jesuits. It was abandoned by them because of severe Asansol climate. It was taken over by Christian Brothers in 1890 and opened as St. Patrick’s Boarding of Anglo- Indian and European Boys. Thus it can be said that St. Patrick's was founded in 1891, 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. Patrick's School, Asansol is one of the 19 Christian Brothers Schools in India. For a brief span during the Second World War, the administration of the School was under the Jesuit Mission of Patna and the school was shifted to Kurji.
Description
With three sections for each class/grade from KG-10 and two section for 11-12, there are about 1,800 students enrolled in the school. The school follows the 10+2 Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations curriculum which includes the national ICSE exam at the end of Class 10, and the ISC Science exam at the end of Class 12. The school enjoys considerable recognition for academic excellence, having produced many state and national rankers.
St. Patrick's was originally a fully residential school. It started admitting day scholars later, and finally closed the hostel completely in 1984. The school has enrolled girls in Classes 11 and 12 since 2009. The Jubilee Hospital Building on the grounds was built in 1918. It is no longer a functioning hospital, having closed at the same time that hostel was closed. It is currently used as a residence for some staff members.
The school is one of the largest landowners in Asansol, with buildings, fields, a huge pond and acres of virgin wooded areas bordering prime real estate like the residential colony known as Hill View or other schools like Loreto Convent, Maria Goretti, St. Joseph's School and St. Vincent's School.
Alumni
School anthem
Here all let's sing a school song
For the best school of them all
Cheer all, cheer for St. Patrick's
Cheer for St. Patrick's Asansol
Whatever the task on us depend
We'll fight to the last our school to defend
Whether at books or games
It's all the same
We are always top in the end
So here all let's sing a school song
For the best school of them all
Cheer all, cheer for St. Patrick's
For we are the best of all!