Introduction
St. Mary’s Senior Secondary School, Jail Road, Gurdaspur was established in the year 1991 by North West India Christian Welfare Association to impart quality education and an overall development to the children in the border area of Gurdaspur.
Gurdaspur is a remote border district of Punjab which has a 300 years old history. This institution is trying to uplift the educational standard of this under developed border town.
The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi.
Such a school must give balanced, future-oriented, child-centred and all-round education, making a good combination of academics and extra-curricular activities essential for character development. The school curriculum must be related to our environment, rooted in our own culture, all the while remaining in touch with the latest modem developments.
Their sense of commitment to the cause of education and belief that there is an absence of high calibre schooling made them establish this school in an area that was in great need of an excellent school to provide a good education for boys and girls.
The school’s educational philosophy is to provide a broad-based, career-oriented education, which revolves around the student and is intensive so that they grow up to be well-moulded individuals when they make their way in the world. Many emphases are laid on the building of character through skills in the academic, aesthetic, and sporting field. It is a purpose that no effort has been spared in building excellent faculties and making sure that. The school is equipped with the best possible and most contemporary equipment. The best possible teaching has been brought in the school to provide the right environment for a good education.