St Mary's Convent High School, Hyderabad
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Foujdari Road, Saddar Hyderabad, Sindh, 71000 Pakistan |
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| Type | High school |
| Religious affiliation(s) |
Roman Catholic Church of Pakistan |
| Established | 1920s–1930s |
| Founder | Archilles Meersman |
| LEA | Catholic Board of Education Hyderabad Board of Education |
| Administration | Catholic Board of Education |
| Principal | Sr Catherine Gill |
| Staff | 170 |
| Gender | Girls |
| Age | 4 to 16 |
| Enrollment | 240 (approx.) per year |
| Houses | 4 houses Unity Faith Discipline Truth |
| Colour(s) | Green and White |
| Affiliations | St Bonaventure's High School |
| Area | 51,728 sq ft (4,805.7 m2) |
St Mary's Convent High School (alternatively St Mary's Convent Girl's High School) is a school located on Foujdari Road in Hyderabad in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It was founded as a part of St Bonaventure's High School specifically aimed at the educational needs of girls in the city. The convent is run by resident nuns of the Catholic diocese of Hyderabad.
During the 1920s and early 1930s the missionary establishments in the southern Indian subcontinent laid foundations for a school in Hyderabad directly run under the church to provide education for the local people and impart religious teaching. At the time the school was established, there were about 50 schools for boys and 6 for girls. A parish priest named Archilles Meersman, principal of Saint Patrick's High School, Karachi, revived the state of the school in the years of the partition and introduced better curricula, revised under the Catholic Board of Education. This new school was named St Bonaventure's High School.
Once Pakistan acquired independence, it was clear that the nation would be an Islamic sovereign state, so a need arose for the gender-based separation of the coeducational school. The new wing founded for girls was named St Mary's Convent High School after Mary, the mother of Christ.
The Catholic Board of Education took charge of the development and running of the school and erected a church in the memory of Saint Francis Xavier for his services in central Asia and India. The church and the school buildings are regarded as cultural heritage monuments in Hyderabad.
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