Burn Hall School
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Burn Hall Higher Secondary School, Srinagar | |
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Gupkar Road, Sonwar | |
Coordinates | 34°04′27″N 74°49′59″E / 34.074195°N 74.832928°E |
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Type | Missionary |
Motto | Latin: Industria Floremus “In Toil We Flourish” |
Established | 1956 (originally in 1942) |
Founder | Father J. Boerkamp (Saint Joseph's Missionary Society of Mill Hill, London) |
Principal | Rev. Fr. Sebastian Nagathunkal |
Classes offered | L.K.G to 12th |
Language | English |
Campus | Urban |
Houses | Shakespeare Wordsworth Keats Milton |
Color(s) | Navy blue |
Nickname | "Hallians" |
Publication | Burn Hall Flame |
Yearbook | Burn Hall Blaze |
Affiliation | JKBOSE |
Website | www |
Burn Hall School is a missionary school for boys which was established by the Mill Hill Missionaries in 1942 in undivided India, in Srinagar, Kashmir. Its motto is "Industria Floremus - In Toil We Flourish". It is one of the oldest schools of the valley. In 1948, some missionaries also went to Abbottabad, Pakistan, and opened a branch there, later taken over by the Pakistan Army in 1977 (the school is now called Army Burn Hall College). The school celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 2006.
History
Fr. Thijssen and Fr. Jong came to Srinagar in 1942 and rented a home from Mr Mirza at hotel road (now Moulana Azad Road) Srinagar. The building which housed the first Burn Hall School is at present the Teachers’ Training College.[1] The Srinagar branch closed down temporarily for some time. It was restarted on 17 April 1956 with its first principal, Father J. Boerkamp.
Present form
Today Burn Hall School is a Christian missionary institution for boys, and falls under the management of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jammu-Srinagar. It is directed by the Education Society of the Jammu-Srinagar Diocese. It is registered as a charitable society. It is affiliated with J&K State Board of School Education and recognized by the Education Department of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir. Classes range from L.K.G. to XII. Class XI of the school was inaugurated on December 10, 2005[2] and the complete higher secondary division started in 2006.
The school is equipped with surveillance cameras which monitor all the activities both inside and outside the building.[3]
Location
Burn Hall School is located in Sonwar, Srinagar. It is neighboured by Ziarat Sharief Hazrat Syed Yaqoob Sahib (RA) and Sher-i-Kashmir Cricket Stadium.
Medium
Being an English medium school, it places special emphasis on the usage of English language in student-teacher and student-student interaction.
Houses
The school has four houses, named after four scholars of English literature:
- Keats House: Yellow
- Milton House: Green
- Shakespeare House: Red
- Wordsworth House: Blue
Notable alumni
- Omar Abdullah
- Amjad Khan
- Agha Shahid Ali
- Rohit Bal
- Haseeb Drabu
- Mirwaiz Umar Farooq
- Sajjad Lone
- Amitabh Mattoo
- Tanvir Sadiq
- Sanjay Suri
- Khalid Jehangir
Former principals
- 1956-1962 - Fr. Boerkamp MHM
- 1963-1964 - Fr. Kuipers MHM
- 1964-1967 - Fr. J. Mc Mohan MHM
- 1968-1977 - Fr. J. Jones MHM
- 1977-1983 - Fr. J.C. Hugh OFM Cap.
- 1984-1989 - Fr. Dominic OFM Cap.
- 1990-1992 - Br. V. J. Mani SG
- 1992-1993 - Br. Raju John SG
- 1993-1997 - Br. Jacob SG
- 1997-2001 - Br. George SG
- 2001-2007 - Fr. Maria John
- 2007-2012 - Fr. Raphael Jey Kumar
- 2012-2014 - Fr. Ivan Pereira
- 2015 - Present - Sebastian Nagathunkal
See also
- Tyndale Biscoe School
- Green Valley Educational Institute
- Delhi Public School, Srinagar
- List of Christian Schools in India
- St. Joseph's School Baramulla
References
- ^ https://www.rjelal.com/4.3.16c/793-804%20Dr.%20KHURSHEED%20AHMAD%20QAZI.pdf.
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