St. Edward's School is a convent school at Milsington Estate,

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, India. It is a boys'-only day school. St. Edward's has been ranked among the top schools in India. It was initially affiliated to

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but was changed over to the Central Board of Secondary Education ( CBSE) system in 2008. Today the School is managed by Simla Chandigarh Educational Society, under the

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of Simla Chandigarh Diocese. The school offers education from Nursery to Class XII.

House Club System

All students are placed in one of the four

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named after the

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: St. Mark's House, St. Luke's House, St. Matthew's House and St. John's House. Each house is led by a captain and a vice-captain, who are responsible for organizing and conducting various co-curricular activities in the school. They are usually chosen on the basis of their academic performance in addition to their participation in

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s and

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activities. Apart from the house captains, there are also a school captain and a vice-captain. Other members of the school cabinet includes school reporter, sports captain and vice-captain, activity captain and vice-captain and school editors. Various clubs form a central part of holistic learning in the school, namely the

club,

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and

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club,

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club,

s club, eco club and

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Controversy

The school landed itself in a controversy in 2012 by not allowing a

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student to wear a

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in school. The issue was settled after the intervention of the government.

Notable alumni

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, former Vice President, India *

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, former Chief of Defence Staff, Indian Armed Forces & former Chief of Army Staff, Indian Army *

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, President, World Bank & ex-CEO, Mastercard *

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, former Chief Minister, Himachal Pradesh *

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, ex-DGP, Punjab Police * Deepak Gupta, former Judge, Supreme Court of India *

Sanjay Karol Sanjay Karol (born 23 August 1961) is serving as a judge in Supreme Court of India. He is a former chief justice of the Patna High Court and Tripura High Court. He has also served as judge and acting chief justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Co ...

, Judge, Supreme Court of India *

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, psychoanalyst and author *

Ashok Sukumaran Ashok Sukumaran is a Japanese-born Indian contemporary artist. Biography Sukumaran was born to a Japanese mother and an Indian Assamese father in Sapporo, Japan in 1974. Sukumaran grew up in Shimla and did his schooling from St. Edward's Scho ...

, media artist * Anil Wilson, former Vice-Chancellor, Himachal Pradesh University * Vijay Kumar Berry, Maha Vir Chakra recipient * Raj Mohan Vohra, Maha Vir Chakra recipient & Commander of the Eastern Command, Indian Army *

Antony Jameson Guy Antony Jameson, FRS, FREng (born 20 November 1934, Gillingham, Kent) is Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University. Jameson is known for his pioneering work in the field of computational fluid dynamics. H ...

, Professor of Engineering in the Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Stanford University *

Pratap Bhanu Mehta Pratap Bhanu Mehta (born 1967) is an Indian academic. He was the president of the Centre for Policy Research, a New Delhi-based think tank and was the Vice-Chancellor of Ashoka University from July 2017 to July 2019. Early life Pratap was bor ...

, former Vice Chancellor, Ashoka University & former President, Centre for Policy Research *

Ashok Chopra Ashok Chopra (born 26 February 1949) is a publisher, author, editor, and literary columnist. Author of ''Memories of Fire: A Novel,'' ''A Scrapbook of Memories: My Life with the Rich, the Famous and the Scandalous'' and ''Of Love and Other Sorrow ...

, journalist and author * Anirudh Singh, Cabinet Minister, Government of Himachal Pradesh *

Harsh Mahajan Harsh Mahajan (ex- Animal Husbandry minister of Himachal Pradesh), son of a former Vidhan Sabha Speaker and Cabinet Minister Des Raj Mahajan and was born at Chamba on 12 December 1955. Completed schooling from St. Edwards School in 1971. H ...

, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha * Sanjay Chauhan, ex-Mayor, Shimla Municipal Corporation

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Edward's School, Shimla Educational institutions established in 1925 Christian schools in Himachal Pradesh Education in Shimla Schools in Colonial India Catholic boarding schools in India Boarding schools in Himachal Pradesh 1925 establishments in India Schools in Shimla district British-era buildings in Himachal Pradesh

House Club System

Controversy

Notable alumni

See also

References

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