Goethals Memorial SchoolCall : +91-8828912891

Goethals Memorial School is arranged at the rise of 1674 meters (5500 feet) amidst the delightful timberland between the street amongst Kurseong and Darjeeling. It is around 5 Km from the residential community of Kurseong. It is a Boarding School keeps running by the Congregation of Christian Brothers in India. The affirmation procedure for Goethals Memorial School begins each year in the period of May and School begins in July.

The school was established in the year 1907 by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta to recognize the memory of Paul Goethals, Jesuit Archbishop of Calcutta. It was Sir John Woodroffe, Advocate General of the Calcutta High Court, who longed for the remembrance to erect for the sake recently Archbishop Goethals, he likewise needed to get all the European young men out of Moorghihatta Orphanage (Calcutta) and bring them into the more beneficial environment. In a gathering of the siblings, it was searched out to assemble another school in some slope area. The Brothers had just a single school in the slopes at Nainital and it was deficient for their expanding numbers. Br Fabian Kenneally assumed up the liability to go down the venture. A lovely area in a woods 5 km (3 miles) from Kurseong close Kurseong was given by the Maharaja of Bardhaman.

In September 1903, Brother Stanislaus O’Brien was sent to Kurseong for the building and preparing of the new foundation, and he turned into its first Superior. In February 1907 classes began in the building raised by the primary Principal, Br. M.S.O. Brien (1907â€"1914). The quantity of young men in the living arrangement was 110. The official opening occurred on 30 April 1907. The two years designing course was begun at first as the school was at first subsidiary with the Shibpur Engineering College, Calcutta, yet the Course did not fit the necessities of the students and was dropped for the Cambridge Locals. The Cambridge Exams proceeded until the 1970s lastly, the school got subsidiary with the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education educational programs. At the show, the quantity of the understudies is more than 900. The aphorism of the school is Omnia Bene Facere or Do All Things Well.

Qualification:

• For Nursery confirmations, as far as possible is no less than 2 years and a half year as on May 31st.
• For class I, as far as possible is 5 years and a half year as on May 31st.

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Goethals Memorial School trusts in the general improvement of the understudies by adjusting scholastics, extracurricular exercises, and games in the condition of craftsmanship foundation inside the grounds. The school offers play areas for cricket, ball, volleyball, table tennis, badminton and different games. Gives following offices:

• Classroom
• Library
• Playground
• Bus Transport
• Computer Laboratory
• Science Laboratory
Admission Open for 2018-2019 Session - Goethals Memorial School, Darjeeling, Kurseong, West Bengal.

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