INDIA. —More Catholic School Successes

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 19, 7 May 1903, Page 24

INDIA. — More Catholic School Successes

Wo take the following from the ' Indian Daily News ' of January 31 • — Wo refened recently in these columns to the remarkable success of the Catholic schools in the High School examination for European schools. Now that we have the complete lists for the primary, middle, and high before us, and which we tabulate elsewhere in this issue, we find that this success is still further established The six schools at the head of the tabulated lisL are all Catholic, with the exception of the Victoria School. Kurscong, which, being a Government institution, is undenominational. Four of these schools — viz St. Joseph's High School, Bow Bazar ; St. Michael's

s>¥^Jss"lu' £°?u J1 ,. ; Rt ' Patri ck's High School, AsanAiL'cU™ e f^ at r^ h u 1 ? OrPkaaage— are under the direction of the Irish Christian Brothers. The other, bt,, Josephs College, Darjeeling, i % under the- direction of the Jesuit Fathers. St. Joseph's, Bow Bazar as usual heads the list, having the greatest number of passes-namely, 52, with 51 distinctions. St. Mi*i^} 8 ' Co + °, r JJ 1 ' r r°™ es n , ex t. with 37 passes and 62 distinctions, the middle school alone accounting for 37 of these distinctions. Amongst the girls' schools, the convent schools have maintained their reputation. Loretto, Asansol, besides taking the twelfth place amongst all the schools, heads the primary list