St. Columba's School

St. Columba’s School is a highly acclaimed Christian Brothers institution. Amongst the best schools in the country, it Is widely known because of its prime location in the very heart of Lutyen’s Delhi and because of its long list of distinguished alumni. Albeit a late entrant to the Christian Bothers family. St. Columba’s took next to no time to become their premier school. St. Columba’s, which began in 1941 with a small complement of 32 students, now has over 3400 students with many names on the waiting list for admission. The school’s impact and continuations in the field of education was duly acknowledged by The Education Quality Foundation of India (EQFI) when it select. St. Columba’s as the most deserving recipient of “The Whole School Award” for dissemination of quality education. It has become tradition of sorts for St. Columba’s students to be winners in every arena-academes, sports or extra-cultural activities. The school, which has followed the CBSE syllabus since 1991, regularly produces merit liters and toppers at the all India level. This is largely due to the vigorous academic environment, the commitment of the teaching faculty and the brother’s determination to ensure each student receives the attention and care he needs to flourish and bloom. St. Columba’s School is deeply committed to including a sense of social responsibility in its students. Brother Beddoe the present Principal of St. Columba’s, has a distinct vision when it comes to his its students and their duty to the under privileged. Brother Beddoe involves his students in social causes in the belief that society will only change when young people take on the onus of social transformation and are pro-active participants in the mechanism of change. He says, “Without in any way compromising on our commitment to pursue the all-round development of our student, we feel that we need to awaken a social conscience within our boys, so that their growing awareness of the lot of the huge number of people who continue to lead miserable lives even after 73 years of independence, will create a resolve within them to put something back in society in the year ahead”. In 2002, St. Columba’s opened its doors to the homeless and vulnerable and has since been providing shelter refuge to the homeless in the school. The school will celebrate its 75th years in 2016.