Our History

In 1971, the Loreto Sisters agreed to take over the management of a Bengali-medium  primary School that had been started by Archbishop Dyer and was run by a group of parishioners since 1965. It was situated  beside the parish church of the Sacred Heart.

Sr. Enda O’Connor the Principal of Loreto Sealdah took charge of the school and commuted regularly between the two schools.

In 1973-74  living quarters were prepared  on the premises  and 3 Sisters began to reside there,

Srs. Pauline Prince,Cecily Wong and Deepika Biswas.  Besides the school work Sr. Pauline also started a mother – child care programme which later developed into the CINI  programme.

They were followed by  Srs. Vida Graham, Rosario O’Donnell and Evelyn O’Connor. A regular feeding programme was  begun for the children consisting of  a nourishing meal at midday and  a milky porridge when they arrived. This continues to date.

Sr.Vida also began sewing and knitting classes for the mothers and young women while Sr.Rosario  took on the work of adult instruction and marriage preparation.

The numbers in the school increased and  now they have classes from kindergarten to Class 6 with 292 children. The children’s playground has been developed.

There are regular programmes of song and dance in which the children take part happily. They also enjoy  their annual Sports Day and the Christmas celebration.

Sr.Pushpa Ekka is the Principal