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ST. JOSEPH'S BOYS HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL, CALICUT
St.Joseph's Boys' Higher Secondary School, Calicut is one of the oldest educational institutions in India. Run by the Society of Jesus the school started way back in 1793.The Jesuit educators have as their aim the pupil's complete development. The school strives to make the students "agents of social change" or "men for others" so that the principles of social justice, equality of opportunity, genuine freedom, respect for religious and moral values may prevail. To give this ideal, concrete expression, the school programme includes various curricular activities.

The present St. Joseph's Boys' Higher Secondary School was started in 1793 as a parish school. Its management passed through the Congregation of Gabriel Brothers and the Congregation of Carmelites. It is in 1884 that the School came under the present Jesuit management. In 1902 it was raised to a High School. In those days the strength of the School was just 100.Now it has more that 2000 students and about 80 members on the staff.As for quality, having started in the hoary past, with a history of more than 200 years, St. Joseph's has been one of the best schools in South India ever since it got its recognition in 1906. In 1998 Higher Secondary Section with Science, Commerce and Humanities batches was started.

Luminaries of the School

The students of St. Josephs have made their mark in almost all sections of the society. Former Indian Ambassador Vincent Coy British Rear Admiral D. Barbos Former Chief Justice T.P. Raman Nair Former Minorities Commission Secretary Bomi Heerjee Cardiologist Dr. A.K. Abraham Dr. M. Azad Mooppen

Industrialists P. K. Ahammed P.P. Hassan Koya Former Commonwealth trust President & MD R Soman Darius Marshall Joy Varghese

Former Ministers E. K. Imbichi Bava P. M. Aboobacker Dr. M.K. Muneer Former Calicut Mayors C.J. Robin P. Kutti Krishnan Nair Malayala Manorama Resident Editor K. Aboobacker Cine Director Raghunath Paleri Cine Artist Sudheesh Cartoonist B.M. Gafoor Former Staff Some of the staff members who made their impact on the society. K. Kelappan(Kerala Gandhi) N.V. Krishna Varier Moorkoth Kumaran Fr. Vergottini Freedom fighter T. Balakrishnan Paul Kallanode