St. Anselm's Ajmer
| St. Anselm's Senior Secondary School, Ajmer | |
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Ajmer, Rajasthan India |
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| Information | |
| Type | Convent |
| Motto | (Latin) Deo Amabiles et Hominibus (English translation) Be Pleasing to God and to Men |
| Patron saint(s) | St. Anselm |
| Established | 1904 |
| Founder | Rt. Rev. Dr. Fortunatus Henry Caumont O.F.M. (1871-1930) |
| Principal | Rev. Fr. Susai Manickam |
| Number of students | 4000 |
| Campus | Ajmer |
| Color(s) | Blue |
| Affiliations | Central Board of Secondary Education(India) |
| Information | (0145) - 2460088 |
| Website | www.stanselmajmer.com |
St. Anselm's Ajmer was established in 1904 by the Rt. Rev. Dr. Fortunatus Henry Caumont O.F.M. (1871–1930). He was born on December 10, 1871 in France, and came to Ajmer to start modern education. It is located in the city of Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. St. Anselm's Ajmer was among the first institutions of higher learning set up during the British Raj. It offers senior secondary courses.
The Catholic employees in the railway workshops around Ajmer had asked the head of the Catholic mission to open a high school for their boys and girls. The Convent High school, which had been established some ten years before, would admit boys only up to Standard II. The boys had either to attend the European railway school teaching up to the high school exam; the Allahabad University; or had to join the boarding schools at Agra to the northeast, Nagpur to the southeast, Bombay to the south, and Karachi to the west.
The Prefect Apostolic of Rajputana (Rt. Rev. Fr. Fortunatus, later the first Bishop of Ajmer) decided to start a Catholic school and accordingly, on 4 February 1904, St. Anselm's was opened as a boarding and day school, with Rev. Fr. Pius as its head. There were about 50 pupils, a dozen being boarders. The new school was the "Boys" section of the Convent.
For three years it was considered as a section of the Convent; in January 1907 the school took a corporate existence. Rev. Fr. Pius become its First Rector and Rev. Fr. Augustine and Gervais continued on the staff, with Fr. Gervais taking over the additional duties as Prefect of Discipline. Boys were prepared for the examination of the Allahabad University till about 1912, when the Cambridge syllabus was adopted.
At the beginning everything was contained in one building: the Fathers' quarters, the boarder's dormitory, a study hall, a dining room, as well as the classrooms. The school had no playground. In 1910, a piece of land suitable for the purpose was bought on the Mayo College road and games were then possible.
Boys flocked to St. Anselm's from Bombay, Lahore, Hyderabad (Sind), Karachi, Delhi, Rewari, Bandikui, Jaipur, Phulera, Mhow, Ratlam, Neemuch etc. and in time to come even from the Persian Gulf.
In 1958, the school was affiliated to the Rajasthan Board of Education. On two occasions the school was awarded the State award (Madan Mohan Verma Award) for the best results and all round performance. In 1972, the school was affiliated to the Central Board of Education. The hostel which housed students from all over India was closed down in 1985.
The school is a senior secondary school, affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi, though it has seen phases of being attached to boards and university and being an intercollege.
The student body is divided into four houses:
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