St. Francis De-Sales Senior Secondary School

St. Francis de sales School, Founded by Fr. Thomas Thoomkuzhy was established on 10th April 1978. The foundation stone for the building was laid on 9/7/1977 by Hon Shri Sikandar Bhakt, the then Union Minister for Works and Housing. The foundation stone was blessed by his Excellaency Rt. Rev. Dr. Luciano Storero the then Apostolic Pronuncio to india. The school, when it started functioning on 10th April, had 117 students and had a humble beginning in tents. The high school (9-10) began in the year 1982-83 and the first batch of 61 students appeared for their 10th class Board exams in 1983 –84. The school was upgraded to Senior Secondary (11-12) the same year. In the April 1982, the foundation of the Hindi Medium section aiming at providing formal academic education in the afternoon to the children from the weak and under privileged sections of society was started with a batch of 50 students belonging to classes K.G., Prep., 1st and 2nd. In 1993, the extended section was upgraded to class 10 and in 1995 the first batch of the class 10 students appeared in the CBSE examination. This section has been growing ever since and today its students are a pride to this institution. St. Francis de Sales Senior Secondary School is an unaided recognized Christian minority private institution affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education. As a catholic school, we are working not only for the intellectual, cultural and physical development of our children from the earliest stages but also for the formation of character by inculcating sound moral principles.