St. Mary's Convent Inter College

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St. Mary's Convent Inter College, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, is a prestigious girls school run by the Sisters of the Congregation of Jesus in collaboration with a lay staff members. It was founded in 1866 by Mother Mary Ward for the education of girls.

St. Mary's Convent Inter College Allahabad was founded to provide an all around education to all sections of society, regardless of caste, creed or financial status. The children are prepared for the ICSE Examination at the class 10 level, the ISC at the +2 level conducted by the Anglo-Indian Board of Secondary Education Delhi.

This Institution established and administered by the Christian Society comes under articles 29 and 30 of the Indian Constitution, and for Religious Jurisdiction it comes directly under the Catholic Bishop of Allahabad.

The current principal of the school is Sister Roshni(CJ). The school is one of the best institutions in the country. It also has the Teachers Training Center - or the T.T.C as the students know it- which is a school for would-be-teachers. Many great personalities like the legendary singer Shubha Mudgal hail from this institution.