St Michael's High School, Digha Ghat, Patna

Overview

St. Michael’s High School, Patna is a co-educational day school affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi and offers primary to senior secondary education. The school was established in 1858 by the Congregation of Irish Christian Brothers; subsequently, the management of the school was passed on to the missionaries of the Society of Jesus of the American Chicago Province in 1968. Sited on the banks of the river Ganges, the school is one of the oldest missionary schools in east India. Over the years, the school has groomed several batches of top rankers in premier engineering colleges such as the Indian Institute of Technology and BITS Pilani.

Campus

The 21.5 acre school campus hosts contemporary facilities to support the academic and extracurricular pursuits of the students, including spacious classrooms, state-of-the-art language, science and computer laboratories, well stocked library featuring a huge collection of books on various subjects. Sports facilities include a cricket pitch, concrete pitches, basketball courts, three soccer fields, a badminton court, squash courts, indoor and outdoor facilities for table-tennis, and a swimming pool.

Academics

St. Michael’s High School, Patna is affiliated with CBSE and prepares students for the All India Secondary School Examination (AISSE) and All India Senior School Certificate Examination (AISSCE) at the end of class X and class XII respectively. The school strives to maintain a high teacher-student ratio to facilitate better learning.

Extracurricular:

The school promotes a host of extracurricular activities such as drama, singing, dancing, quizzes and debates, and sports such as swimming, cricket, football, basketball, squash, badminton and table tennis, all of which form an intrinsic part of the school curriculum.

Head of Institute

Fr. Edison J. Armstrong, S.J.

General Information

Library
Yes

Transportation
Yes

Student Mix
Boys and Girls

No of Students
3000

Campus Size
21.5 acres

Labs
Yes

Internet Wi-Fi
Yes

Sports
Swimming, cricket, football, basketball, squash, badminton and table tennis

Admission

Admission to L.K.G

Applications to LKG class are ordinarily done two months prior to the commencement of the academic year. The dates of application are announced every year on the school Bulletin Board. The academic year begins in the first week of April. Students are admitted in L.K.G. by the management of the school on random basis only after inviting application form and verification of the documents required for admission.

Admission to class I-X

Normally casual vacancies, if any, in other classes are filled in after the commencement of the academic year.

Admission to class XI

The Senior School Certificate Course offered here is conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi, and is a two year Post Secondary Course which has been recognized by all Indian Universities as equivalent to the Intermediate College Examination.

Since admission to class XI is designed to be SELECTIVE in the Government’s scheme of education, students of class X must apply for admission to class XI when applications are called for and appear for an Aptitude Test.
Apart from the minimum qualification prescribed by the Central Board, the school has its own norms of eligibility for admission. Eligibility will depend on the following:

High academic performance in the All India Secondary School Examination, the entrance test, sent-up examination, pre-board examination and his/her performance in class X.
Regularity in attendance and work during IX-X. Thus, only those students can be accommodated who in addition to mental ability have also displayed serious application to studies.
Character and conduct of the candidate should be such that during the course here at St. Michael’s School he/she has shown clear evidence that he/she has benefited from the character formation offered in the school. Mere academic performance will not make the student eligible for admission to class XI. The principal, in the consultation with the governing body of the school is the final arbiter in this matter.

3. For the science stream, an average of 85% or the corresponding grade in maths and science is expected. An aggregate of 70% or the corresponding grade is a must for the commerce stream.

Achievement

St. Michael’s High School, Patna is ranked among the best co-ed day schools in India by the EducationWorld India School Rankings.

Over the years, the school has groomed several batches of top rankers in premier engineering colleges such as the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and BITS Pilani.