Rosario High School, Pandeshwar
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The Rosario High School, recently renamed as Rosario Composite Pre-university, is a high school in
Pandeshwar Pandeshwar is a residential and commercial locality in the city of Mangalore, Karnataka, India. It is one of the upscale residential, commercial, and financial centres of Mangalore. It houses some of the highrise buildings and many more under pi ...
,
Mangaluru Mangaluru (), formerly called Mangalore ( ), is a major industrial port city in the Indian state of Karnataka and on the west coast of India. It is located between the Laccadive Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bengaluru, the stat ...
in the
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n state of
Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...
. The school teaches grades 5 to 12 under the Karnataka Board of Secondary Education and the Karnataka Council of Higher Secondary Education.


History

Rosario School was one of the oldest
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in Mangaluru founded in 1858. In the year 1849
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Antony who came from
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invited the Congregation of
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brothers from
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to found a
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at Mangaluru to provide education to the children of the vicinity. The school was administered by the
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s of Rosario Cathedral who also functioned as the correspondents of the school. The School played a very significant role in the destiny of thousands of
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of all religious and castes. Initially classes were held up to V std. From 1858 to 1869 the school was called ''Rosario Elementary School'', under the management of a separate Educational Board. From 1869 to 1946 it was called Rosario Secondary school and was the under the management of Rosario Cathedral Church. Later it was named Rosario High School. From the year 1968 the Management of the School was taken over by the Catholic Board of Education, based at Bishops House Mangalore. The 1st Batch of VI form (
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) students appeared for their Public examination conducted by the erstwhile Madras Government in the year 1948 -49. At present there are 3 sections each in 8th, 9th, 10th classes, of which one section each is taught in
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and remaining in
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.


Location

The Rosario High School is in
Pandeshwar Pandeshwar is a residential and commercial locality in the city of Mangalore, Karnataka, India. It is one of the upscale residential, commercial, and financial centres of Mangalore. It houses some of the highrise buildings and many more under pi ...
, about from
Hampankatta Hampankatta (also known as Happananakatte/Hampankatte/Hampananakatte/Hampanakatte and pronounced as 'Hampanakatte' in Tulu and Kannada) is the centre of Mangalore City, Karnataka. Most of the public utilities are located here. Hampanakkatte wa ...
, in the centre of the city of Mangaluru in
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.


References

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