Naparima College
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A Posse Ad Esse (Latin)
Literal: From possibility to actuality
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Lute Drive, Paradise Hill San Fernando Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Type | Male Secondary School |
| Established | 1894 |
| Color(s) | Oxford Blue and White |
| Affiliation | Presbyterian Board of Trinidad and Tobago |
| Website | http://www.napcol.edu.tt/ http://naps.edu.tt/ (Offline) |
Naparima College (informally known as Naps) is a public secondary school for teenaged boys in Trinidad and Tobago. Located in San Fernando, the school was founded in 1894 but received official recognition in 1900. It was established by Dr. Kenneth J. Grant, a Canadian Presbyterian missionary working among the Indian population in Trinidad. The school was one of the first to educate Indo-Trinidadians and played an important role in the development of an Indo-Trinidadian professional class. The school was the site of the first of Dr Eric Williams’s famous lectures that eventually led to the formation of the People’s National Movement (PNM) and his 25-year political leadership of the country. He lectured at Naps under the auspices of the "Old Boys Association", among whom were Dr Winston Mahabir and Dr Ibbit Mosaheb, both of whom Dr Williams had courted in their university years.
The school was founded in the churchyard of Susamachar Presbyterian Church in San Fernando as the Canadian Mission Indian School. In 1899 the Mission Council petitioned the Board of Queen's Royal College in Port of Spain for affiliation with it. In 1900 the school became a recognised secondary school and was thus eligible for state aid. It was then renamed Naparima College. In 1917 it relocated to its present campus at Paradise Hill (Latitude: 10.275228 | Longitude: -61.469117 | Altitude: 30 metres) on what was then the southern edge of the city.
The following is a chronological list of principals who have served at Naparima College.
The following is a chronological list of Vice-Principals who have served at Naparima College.
Naparima College's campus sits atop Paradise Hill (Latitude: 10.275228 | Longitude: -61.469117 | Altitude: 30 metres), overlooking the city of San Fernando in southern Trinidad. The city's major landmark, the San Fernando Hill, towers over the college to the east; to the west is the Gulf of Paria. While the campus location has been the same for decades, there have been numerous infrastructural and developmental changes over the years. Many of the major changes had arisen out of the demolition of the old wooden buildings, most of which had been around since the first half of the 20th century. Most notably, the College's old gymnasium which was demolished in 1995, the Grant Memorial Building in 1999, and the structure referred to as the "main building" in 2005.
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