St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School Baramulla (commonly referred to as the St. Josephs School Baramulla or SJS) is a private school located in

Baramulla Baramulla (), also known as Varmul () in Kashmiri, is a city and municipality of the Baramulla district of the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region.The application of the term "administered" to the various r ...

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, India. The school has been upgraded to the status of a higher secondary school and has also started online education, the first in the Kashmir valley. St. Josephs School is located in the city of

. It has around 4,000 students and over 125 staff members. The school was founded by the

Mill Hill Fathers The Mill Hill Missionaries (MHM), officially known as the Saint Joseph's Missionary Society of Mill Hill (), is a Catholic society of apostolic life founded in 1866 by Herbert A. Vaughan. History The society was founded in 1866 by Herbert A. ...

Mill Hill Missionaries The Mill Hill Missionaries (MHM), officially known as the Saint Joseph's Missionary Society of Mill Hill (), is a Catholic society of apostolic life founded in 1866 by Herbert A. Vaughan. History The society was founded in 1866 by Herbert A. ...

from

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in 1903, owned by the

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and is administered by its Education Society (Reg. No. 1601-S of 1989) under the provisions of article 30(1) of the

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; for everyone without any distinction of religion, caste, creed or colour.

History

The foundation of St. Josephs School Baramulla was laid by Father C. Simon, in late 18th century and eventually in 1903 he established the school. St. Joseph's School is one of the oldest missionary schools in

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. The school was founded and run by

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as a Boarding school initially. It was run by

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after

left the mission.

Alumni

* Maqbool Bhat- Kashmiri Revolutionary Leader, Journalist, author, philosopher, humanist and founder of National Liberation Front (NLF)and then declared leader of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF). *

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– Afghan President * Syed Altaf Bukhari - Indian Politician * Muhammad Ashraf Bukhari – Bureaucrat * Muhammad Yusuf Saraf- Chief Justice of the Azad Kashmir High Court

References

External links

Official website

History

Alumni

References

External links

See also