Loyola High School (Pune)
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Pune, Maharashtra India |
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| Type | Private, boys only (school), junior college, co-educational |
| Motto | Men for Others |
| Established | 11 June 1961 |
| Principal | Fr. Francis Patekar |
| Faculty | 75+ |
| Number of students | 1400 |
| Campus | 22 acres |
| Houses | Blue, green, red, gold |
| Nickname | Loyolites |
| Affiliation | Jesuit (Catholic) |
| Website | loyolahighschoolpune.org |
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Loyola High School and Junior College is a Jesuit school situated in Pashan, Pune, India, founded in 1961, offering primary, secondary, and pre-university education.
Loyola is an English medium school but requires Marathi and Hindi as compulsory languages up to the 8th standard. High school students have the option of taking German. There is a strong emphasis on science, mathematics, and the arts. History, civics, and geography are also offered.
Loyola High School and Junior College are recognized by the Government of Maharashtra and prepare students for the Maharashtra State Secondary School Certificate (SSC, Std X) and the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC, Std XII) examinations.
The school was founded in the early 1960s. Fr. Schoch, S.J., had dreamed of the site where the school now is, and requested the National Chemical Laboratory (whose land it was) to set up the school. Land was released on lease. The school takes its name from St. Ignatius of Loyola, a sixteenth-century saint who was recognised for his devotion to education and is best known for founding the Society of Jesus. Loyola High School is run by Jesuit priests and welcomes students from all ethnic, cultural, and economic backgrounds. Establishment of the school became necessary to take the load off the highly popular St. Vincent's High School, Pune Camp, and all students not living in Pune Camp and Pune City (up to Lakdipul, i.e., the wooden bridge across the River Mutha linking Pune City with Deccan Gymkhana) were asked to shift to Loyola's. The same logic was applied to the overcrowded St Mary's School opposite St. Vincent's and the affected girls were shifted to The Convent of Jesus And Mary at St. Joseph's High School, located directly between Loyola's and Pashan Road.
Another compelling reason was that children of Faculty and Staff at the National Defence Academy, some 25 km from Pune Camp, did not have school facilities beyond Class V. The junior school at NDA was run by Jesuits, the Principal being the imposing figure of the cigar-toting Rev. Rehm, from Switzerland. This entire school and staff was merged with Loyola and all children of residents in the NDA would come to Loyola's/St Joseph's, a 15-km trip by bus. This cost them 45 minutes each day, but was actually a 30-minute saving each way compared to schooling at St. Vincent's/St. Mary's. Rev. Rehm was the first Principal of Loyola, when the school became operational, from 1961–63, handing over to Rev. A.E.Oesch.
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