St. Mary's High School, Quetta
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St. Mary's High School, Quetta, is an educational institution in the provincial capital Balochistan
of Pakistan
. St. Mary's is run by the Diocesan Board of Education of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi
. Bishop Anthony Lobo
is the chairman of the Board. At Present the school is administered by the Marist Brothers
who took over the administration in the year 1970. St. Mary's conducts classes from playgroup to Class 10 (Secondary School Certificate of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education
, Balochistan
). The medium of instruction is English.
The present site of the school and church is in the cantonment of Quetta
and came under military jurisdictions. The Church building was built before the 1935 and survived the 1935 brutal earthquake which vanished more than half of the city completely.
From a long time Mrs. Nathanial is the principal of the school and requested to join back when once she left, she joined the school on the requests of the parents of the students.
Balochistan
Balochistan or Baluchistan is a region which covers parts of Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan. It can also refer to one of several modern and historical territories within that region:...
of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. St. Mary's is run by the Diocesan Board of Education of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi
Roman Catholic Diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Pakistan....
. Bishop Anthony Lobo
Anthony Theodore Lobo
Anthony Theodore Lobo is a Pakistani Roman Catholic bishop. He was born in Karachi, Pakistan on July 4, 1937 to parents of Goan origin. He received his early education at Saint Patrick's High School and religious training at the Christ the King seminary in Karachi, and was ordained a priest in...
is the chairman of the Board. At Present the school is administered by the Marist Brothers
Marist Brothers
The Marist Brothers, or Little Brothers of Mary, are a Catholic religious order of brothers and affiliated lay people. The order was founded in France, at La Valla-en-Gier near Lyon in 1817 by Saint Marcellin Champagnat, a young French priest of the Society of Mary...
who took over the administration in the year 1970. St. Mary's conducts classes from playgroup to Class 10 (Secondary School Certificate of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education
Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education
-Pakistan:*Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Islamabad*Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Hyderabad*Board of Intermediate Education Karachi*Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Lahore...
, Balochistan
Balochistan
Balochistan or Baluchistan is a region which covers parts of Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan. It can also refer to one of several modern and historical territories within that region:...
). The medium of instruction is English.
The present site of the school and church is in the cantonment of Quetta
Quetta
is the largest city and the provincial capital of the Balochistan Province of Pakistan. Known as the "Fruit Garden of Pakistan" due to the diversity of its plant and animal wildlife, Quetta is home to the Hazarganji Chiltan National Park, which contains some of the rarest species of wildlife in the...
and came under military jurisdictions. The Church building was built before the 1935 and survived the 1935 brutal earthquake which vanished more than half of the city completely.
From a long time Mrs. Nathanial is the principal of the school and requested to join back when once she left, she joined the school on the requests of the parents of the students.