St. Paul's School, is a

Methodist Episcopal The Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC) was the oldest and largest Methodist denomination in the United States from its founding in 1784 until 1939. It was also the first religious denomination in the US to organize itself on a national basis. In ...

school, which was started by New Zealand Baptist Missionary Society in 1943 with a goal of teaching Tripuri students belonging to the Christian faith and Indigenous community of the interior villages of

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, India. The school was the first English medium school in Tripura. The school was run by the Methodist Episcopalians until 1964. Then, the general administration of the school was handed over to the

Tripura Baptist Christian Union The Tripura Baptist Christian Union (TBCU) is a Baptist Christian denomination in Tripura, India. It has its head office in Agartala, the state capital. The TBCU is affiliated to the Asia Pacific Baptist Federation (APBF) and the Baptist Wor ...

. The school taught in

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until 1971, when they switched to English instruction.

References

* http://www.icbse.com/schools/st-paul-s-school/tr002 *http://www.infinitecourses.com/School-Details.aspx?School=St-Pauls-School-Agartala&SchoolID=16743 *http://www.educationworld.in/institute/st-pauls-school-agartala.html

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