Presentation Convent School, Jhelum

Presentation Convent High School
Location
Jhelum Pakistan
Information
Type	Private school
Chair	Catholic Board of Education
Affiliations	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore.

Presentation Convent High School, Jhelum, was founded by the Presentation Sisters and is regulated by the Catholic Board of Education under the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore.

Presentation Convent High School, Jhelum, was founded by the Presentation Sisters and is regulated by the Catholic Board of Education under the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore.

On 13 January 1950, four Sisters arrived in Jhelum, one of the smallest cities in Pakistan. They laid the foundation of the Presentation Convent School. There were two big compounds with mud huts on both, and Jada Road laid between them. The school was opened in May. By 1962, Sr. Anne Broderick had, with the help of contractor, Mohammad Sharif Bhatti, replaced all the mud huts with beautiful new building. By degrees other extensions were made to provide the quality school the city has today. Most of their students (Christians) have decided to follow in the footsteps of Nano Nagle as Presentation Sisters.

The Presentation story in Pakistan began in 1895 in Rawalpindi, which was then the part of the subcontinent, when Mother Ignatius McDermott, Sr. Xavier Lonergan and Sr. Evangelist Coatsworth arrived from Madras. The school opened on 1 October with three sisters and three pupils. As the years passed, many Irish girls came to join the sisters.

On 8 September 1895, the first Presentation Convent School in the Punjab was opened by three Irish nuns. Today in Pakistan there are Presentation schools catering for the educational needs of around 13,000 children in Urdu- and English-medium schools. Presentation schools are: Rawalpindi, Murree, Peshawar, Sargodha, (Khushab Distt.), Wah, Risalpur, Mingora (Swat) and Sindh. In 2009, 1700 students were enrolled in the school. The principal was Sr. Riffat Sadiq and is Sr. Shameem now.

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