History

St. Joseph’s School (Primary section) is a Catholic Christian school belonging to the Catholic Diocese of Gorakhpur. It was founded on 15th July 1974 in St. Joseph’s Cathedral Church premises. It is run by the Catholic Diocese of Gorakhpur Education Society. With the erection of the Catholic Diocese of Gorakhpur in 1984 by His Holiness Pope John Paul II of Venerable memory, the ecclesial units of Gorakhpur-Basti Mandal were bifurcated from the Catholic Diocese of Varanasi. Since 1984 Bishop Dominic Kokkat CST, the first bishop of Gorakhpur, was its patron until he was succeeded by the present Bishop Thomas Thuruthimattam CST, in 2006. In the beginning there were 149 students on the roll with 3 teaching and 2 non-teaching staff. The school made steady progress under the able guidance of the principals and the cooperation of teachers and parents. In 1986 the management found it appropriate to bring it up as a coeducational institution.

St. Joseph’s is a catholic educational institution and it extends its selfless service to all the members of other communities without any discrimination. Academic excellence and character formation, based on the love of God and of the neighbour, taught by Jesus, is our inspiration. This leads to the formation of noble citizens of our motherland – India in particular and for the global village in general.

Besides imparting education, the school aims at the flowering of the personality of each child giving expression to his or her hidden talents through strict discipline. We try to make each child interiorize punctuality, hard work, honesty and dedication to duty. Various opportunities are open for the students in the field of Sports and Games, Literary and Cultural competitions.

We leave no stone unturned to make education more relevant to the present day thus enabling the Josephites to stand firm on their feet ready to meet the challenges of the times. In order to realise our vision we commit ourselves to a new approach in our educational task. This is possible only with God’s help and the united efforts of all concerned, the management, the staff, the students and the parents.