St. Xavier's School, Godavari

St Xavier's School is a Jesuit school located in Godavari, Nepal, about 15 km outside Kathmandu. It is the oldest educational institution of Nepal, founded in 1951.

History

St Xavier's is the oldest educational institution of Nepal and one of the best known. It was started in 1951 by Marshall D. Moran and a group of American Jesuit Fathers. After a few years, because of the increasing number of students, the primary school was shifted to Jawalakhel (St. Xavier's School, Jawalakhel) and the high school remained at Godavari.

In 1969, due to ever growing demands for admission to the school, St Xavier's Godavari was turned into a full-fledged primary school and St Xavier's Jawalakhel was turned into a full-fledged high school.

It was an all-boys school until 1996, when another major decision turned St Xavier's Godavari into a co-educational day school, focused on educating children from the local community, that would again become a high school.^[1]

Present day

The school is still run according to Jesuit principles of education, even though Indian and Nepalese Jesuits have taken the place of the American founders. St. Xavier's Godavari is one of three schools in Nepal operated by Jesuits. The other two are St. Xavier's School, Jawalakhel (already mentioned) located in Lalitpur, and St. Xavier's College in Maitighar, both in Kathmandu Valley.

Notable alumni

• Laxman Gurung, Acting Principal, St. Xavier's Godavari School

References

1. ↑ St. Xavier's School Godavari: "History", retrieved February 26, 2010

External links

• St. Xavier's School Jawalakhel
• St. Xavier's School Godavari
• St. Xavier's Campus Maitighar

Coordinates: 27°42′12″N 85°19′05″E / 27.7033°N 85.3181°E / 27.7033; 85.3181