St. Xavier's School, Rohini


St. Xavier's School, Rohini, is a Christian English medium school under the management of the Society of Jesus, an international Catholic religious order. The school is coeducational and recognized by the Board of Education Delhi Administration and is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, with science, commerce, and humanities streams.

History

The school at Shahbad Daulat Pur, [Rohini, Delhi, was started in 1972. The Jesuits took over the management of the school in 1990, when it became affiliated with St. Xavier's School, Delhi. The new building was completed on 1 May 1998 and the school has grown to include close to 4,000 students. The Rohini campus includes a junior school, vocational training, and a National Institute of Open Schooling. The Loyola Vocational Institute is mainly for high school dropouts and has eight hundred students; remedial tutorial classes are held for children attending local government schools. The school was graded an "A star institution" by the Times News Network. It enjoys the administrative assistance of the Congregation of Jesus sisters since 2006.

Activities

These include Student's Council, excursions, eco club, inter-house competitions, yoga, annual day, theatre club, sports day, inter-school competitions, parents day, and other celebrations. The school uses the house system where houses compete for points and each January activities culminate with a sports day where a trophy is awarded to the winning house.
Facilities include: grass playing fields, gymnasium, activities and yoga room, audio-visual room, auditorium, music room, and labs for science, computers, mathematics, and English language.