De Nobili School, Maithon
De Nobili School, Maithon | |
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Location | |
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Coordinates | 23°46′31″N 86°47′48″E / 23.77528°N 86.79667°ECoordinates: 23°46′31″N 86°47′48″E / 23.77528°N 86.79667°E |
Information | |
Type | Private primary and secondary school |
Religious affiliation(s) | Catholicism |
Denomination | Jesuit |
Principal | Shukla Choudhary |
Teaching staff | 52[1] |
Grades | K-12 |
Gender | Co-educational |
Website | denobilimaithon |
De Nobili School, Maithon is a private Catholic primary and secondary school located in Maithon, in the Dhanbad district of the state of Jharkhand, India. The English-medium school is run by the Society of Jesus.
The school is named after a christian missionary and Jesuit, Roberto de Nobili, who was the first foreigner to master Sanskrit, incognito, in sixteenth century Madurai. He apparently conducted himself like an orthodox Brahmin and is even said to have declared himself to be a descendant of Brahma.[2]
Curriculum[]
De Nobili is an English medium school. Courses of study offered lead to the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) examinations in Class 10 and the Indian School Certificate (ISC) examinations in Class 12.[citation needed]
See also[]
- List of Jesuit schools
- List of schools in Jharkhand
- Violence against Christians in India
References[]
- ^ Faculty. Accessed 9 September 2016.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Categories:
- Jesuit secondary schools in India
- Jesuit primary schools in India
- Christian schools in Jharkhand
- High schools and secondary schools in Jharkhand
- Education in Dhanbad district
- Jharkhand school stubs