St. Xavier’s School, Raiganj, is a

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primary and secondary school located in

Raiganj Raiganj (), is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal and it stands on the bank of the Kulik river. This city is the headquarters of the Uttar Dinajpur district. The city situated in the narrow strip which joins the Northern and Southern p ...

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. The co-educational school opened by the

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in 1999.It is a minority Christian Society registered under the Society's Registration Act 1860, having its headquarters at Dhumka. The Society Of Jesus, a Christian Religious Order Founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola in 1540, has been active in the field of education worldwide; at present is responsible for 878 High Schools, 88 University Colleges worldwide, 32 Technical Institutes with over 48,000 lay teachers to educate about 88,00,000 young people belonging to every social class, community and linguistic group, being educated through the medium of English and other regional languages. In 2015 the school average for the ISC was 76.

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