Don Bosco High School, Guwahati

Don Bosco High School, Guwahati

Virtus et Scientia
(Latin;Virtue and Knowledge)
Location
Panbazar
Guwahati 781001
India
Coordinates 26°11′06″N 91°44′45″E / 26.185126°N 91.745929°E / 26.185126; 91.745929Coordinates: 26°11′06″N 91°44′45″E / 26.185126°N 91.745929°E / 26.185126; 91.745929
Information
Type Private
Religious affiliation(s) Catholic
Established February, 1948
Principal Fr. Sebastian Mathew, sdb
Number of students 2000
Houses Phukan     , Lachit     , Bordoloi     , Bezbaruah     
Affiliation Central Board of Secondary Education
Information 0361-2543101, 2540583
Website www.donboscoguwahati.net

Don Bosco School is located in Guwahati, Assam, India. It is a Catholic school founded on the teachings of Saint John Bosco, and it is run by the Salesians of Don Bosco. It was the first school in North-East India to have computer education, which began in 1987, an auditorium and sports complex (1993), and a meteorological observatory center (2002).

History

Predecessor

Our Lady’s Orphanage, a school for poor and abandoned boys of the Assam plains and the predecessor of the current high school, was inaugurated on 24 May, 1926, by Rt. Rev. Mgr. Mathias S.C.D.D., Prefect Apostolic of Assam. At that time, a residence and a workshop were constructed. The technical school began in 1928 with 12 students. It then exponentially grew into two large workshops with 200 students by 1938. Our Lady’s Orphanage was then changed to Don Bosco Technical School, Guwahati. In 1937, the students had classes from I to IV. In the context of the Second World War, the school and the premises were taken over by the army in June 1942 and the school was closed.

Current school

In February 1948, at an inaugural ceremony presided over by Dr. Bhubaneswar Barua, the school was formally restarted with an enrollment of 92 students in five classes from III to VII. Mr. Har Mohan Das was the headmaster and the first principal was Rev. Fr. Attilio Colussi.

The opening of Class VIII was approved by the director of public instruction in February,1948. The school was affiliated to Gauhati University in 1951 and its candidates were permitted to appear for matriculation in the year 1952, as such nine out of 12 students in Class X appeared and eight succeeded. Mr. Nirmal Kumar Choudhury, former Vice Chancellor of Gauhati University, was one of them. Parts of the school buildings were used by Assam Civil Engineering School prior to 1948 and by Gauhati University in 1948. Public demand in 1958 led to the beginning of the English section from Class VIII with required permission from the University. Class IV, V and VI in the English section started in 1962.

Milestones

1922-1953

1954-1987

1988-2002

2003-2005

2006

2008

2009–present

Rectors

Headmasters

Principals

Organisation

Coordinator Asst. Coordinator Controller Of Exams
Senior/Senior Secondary Mrs. Thresa Reddy Mrs. R. Bhatacharjee Mrs. Sharmi Chakraborty Mrs. Luna Das
Middle School Ms. Mollika Sharma Ms. Mollika Sharma
Primary School Mrs. Ruth Gomez Mr. Basil Maraya Mrs. Ruth Gomez

House System

Bezbarua House

Motto: No Pain, No Gain, colour: yellow     

Marshall

Senior/Senior Secondary: Mr. Abonti Kumar Bordoloi
Middle: Mrs. Munmi Mazumdar
Primary: Mrs. Manisha Barua

Patton: Lakshminath Bezbarua

Bordoloi House

Motto: Character Is True Wealth, colour: green     

Marshall

Senior/Senior Secondary: Mrs. Sangita Chakraborty
Middle: Mrs. Sagarika Singh
Primary: Mrs. Mamoni Das

Patron:Nabin Chandra Bordoloi

Lachit House

Motto: Service To Humanity, colour: Red     

Marshall

Senior/Senior Secondary: Mr. Abonti Kumar Bordoloi
Middle: Mrs. Maushumi Purkayastha
Primary: Mrs. Leena Das

High School: Patron:Lachit Borphukan

Phukan House

Motto: Nobility Of Character, colour: Blue     

Marshall

Senior/Senior Secondary: Mrs. Sharmistha Das
Middle: .....
Primary: Mr. Basil Maraya

References

Official website

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