St. Joseph's High School

Ref: DIR150

Type : School

Website : www.stjosephschoolarpora.com

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St. Joseph's High School is the First English Medium School in Goa. It was established in the year 1887. the Founder of this Institution is Mr. William Robert Lyons, a Jesuit Scholar, popularly known as Fr. Lyons.

Fr. Lyons started this institution in a spacious house belonging to Dom Jose Gonsalves with only four classes. It grew in strength, popularity and standard with the passage of time.

Fr. Lyons got the school recognized by the University of Bombay in 1897. The School sent its first batch for the Matriculation Examination in 1900.

Fr. Lyons, a pioneer of English Education in Goa died in 1925. Fr. M.A. Lobo took charge of the school in 1925, and worked with sincerity and dedication till 1931.

Msgr. Philipe Neri Mendonca, an outstanding educationist and a strict disciplinarian, took over the Principal in 1931. He was responsible for constructing a new school building which was inaugurated in 1937

Students from different parts of Goa, irrespective of caste, creed and religion, acquired qualitative education in the school. They excelled in studies, sports and co-curricular activities. The school became a nursery for eminent professors, doctors, engineers, priests, lawyers, business executives, etc. spread all over the world.