St Paul's School, Rourkela

Saint Paul's School

Ut omnes unum sint. That they may be one.
Location
Rourkela
Odisha
Information
Type Private, Co-ed, Catholic
Established 1964
Founder Fr. Thomas Morris, SVD
School district Sundergarh
Principal Fr. S. Joseph
Staff c. 110
Number of students c. 2500
Classes K.G. (KinderGarten) to class XII
Affiliation ICSE and ISC
Website http://www.stpauls-rourkela.org

Saint Paul's School, Rourkela is an Indian educational institution for boys from the pre-Primary level to the Higher Secondary level. The school is owned and operated by the Society of the Divine Word (SVD), a religious minority institution under article 30(1) of the Constitution of India. St. Paul's is a Catholic school that admits students of all religions. The school exempts non-Catholic students from participating in the religious practices particular to Catholics. The aim of St. Paul's is an all-around development - academic, physical, moral and cultural – of its students into mature and responsible citizens who will be ready to take their rightful place in society.

Co-education

Saint Paul's School was converted from an all boys school to a co-education school in 2014. As of 2014, it was the only all boys school in whole of eastern India. A poll was conducted among the parents of St Paul's School to decide whether or not to convert to co-ed. The decision to go co-ed was finally taken by Fr S Joseph for the academic session 2013-14. The first girls were admitted from Kindergarten. Co-education will be increased to higher classes as they promote.

Sports

The school has a playground with a football ground, a cricket ground, two basketball courts, and five badminton courts. During the winter, many tournaments are organised. The badminton tournament is organized in December. The school has four houses which compete with each other in the sports tournaments held over an academic session. Mountbatten-Red Manekshaw-Yellow Cariappa-Blue Thimayya-Green

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