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About Us

This is a Christian Catholic School managed by SAINT JOSEPH’S EDUCATION TRUST, KHANUSA.

The school was established at Pilvai in a College Campus in June 1980 and shifted to Khanusa (4 km away) in June 1992. The school has 20 acres of land.

The school runs classes from K.G. to XII (Science & Commerce Streams). There are spacious and well-ventilated Classrooms and hostel rooms.

The school is recognized & affiliated with the Gujarat Secondary & Higher Secondary Education Board, Gandhinagar.

Our Motto

The school motto is ‘TEACH US VIRTUE, DISCIPLINE AND WISDOM’. Students are invited to be responsible citizens.

Our Vision

Imparting education for life and emphasising on the all-round development of each child: Spiritual, Moral, Intellectual, Social, Emotional and Physical

Our Mission

  • To help children build a strong faith in God and in themselves
  • To empower them to be well-balanced citizens
  • To use technology-aided learning effectively
  • To help children unfold their full potential
  • To promote value-based learning
  • To develop a positive attitude towards the environment and life

Values we foster

To the generation of youngsters we fostered under us with love and compassion since the very beginning, our motto has always been to morally guide them in the right direction. To care for oneself comes from a robust upbringing, caring for nature and for each other. A young child learns how to care for the ecosystem he or she is growing up in. Once you are strong, you have the power to nurture what’s right; be its values, ethics, environmental initiatives, unique projects, academics or the highest levels of human standards.

Principal’s Message

Dear parents, teachers, students, alumni, staff and well-wishers,

Our school is a leading English-medium school and we believe that communication with everyone involved with the school helps in growing the institution.

The school website will also be an archive of our history and provide a quick reference point for news and events. The school has excellent teaching staff, who are committed to all-around excellence. We hope to encourage our students to embrace digital technology as the world is changing rapidly.

In line with these changes, we have significantly augmented the website and hope to make an Android app available before June end.

We look forward to your continued support.

Joy Pullambra

Our Patron: St. Joseph

St. Joseph, the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus and the stepfather of Jesus. Christian tradition places Joseph as Jesus’ foster father.

In 1870, Pope Pius IX declared Joseph as patron of the universal Church. Catholic and other Christian teachings and stories about or relating to Joseph and the Holy Family frequently stress on his patience, persistence, courage and hard work. His feast day is on March 19th in India.

The Feast of St. Joseph the Worker (1 May) is also celebrated in several countries around the world.

History

The founder of St. Joseph’s School, Khanusa, is Mr. PETER PULLAMBRA. Mr. Peter Pullambra started his career as a teacher in 1969 at St. Michael’s School, Kannur, Kerala, soon after completing his B.Sc. (Physics) from St. Joseph’s College in Calicut, Kerala.

Teaching was Mr. Peter’s passion. This passion for teaching took Mr. Peter Pullambra from Kerala to West Bengal, where he taught at Durgapur and Calcutta. From there, he left for Mount Abu, Rajasthan, in 1972, to teach at St. Mary’s School.

On October 2, 1973, he felt that he should start his own school and by March 4, 1974, he started St. Joseph’s School, a residential primary school, in a rented building at Mt. Abu. Though Mr. Peter had bought 4 acres of land at Mount Abu, the authorities didn’t grant permission to build a school there. In the late 1970s, Mt. Abu was facing a severe shortage of water and electricity which prompted him to look for an alternative place.

The hostel had many students from and around Vijapur and some parents like — Mr. Maganbhai Patel, Mr. Mohanbhai Patel, Mr. Dahyabhai Patel, Mr. Trikambhai Patel, Mr. Kantibhai Patel & Dr. A. K. Patel — prompted Mr. Peter to come and see the Pilvai college hostel buildings that included two blocks having 22 rooms each, a spacious dining hall and a kitchen. Impressed by the facilities, the playground, building, 24 hours of water and electricity supply, Mr. Peter decided to start the school, ST. JOSEPH’S SCHOOL at Pilvai in March 1980.

In 1987, the school purchased the present land and started building its own campus in which the high school and the higher secondary school was shifted in June 1992. Subsequently, with the hostel building also coming up on the school campus at Khanusa, the primary school too was shifted in June 1997.

Unique to SJS

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Solar Powered

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Farms

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Rainwater Harvesting

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Bio Gas