St. Xavier's Collegiate School | |
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Location | |
30 Mother Teresa Sarani , India | |
Coordinates | 22°32′54″N 88°21′21″E / 22.54837°N 88.35596°E |
Information | |
Type | Private school Catholic school |
Motto | Latin: Nihil Ultra (Nothing Beyond) |
Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
Denomination | Jesuits |
Patron saint(s) | Francis Xavier |
Established | 16 January 1860 |
School board | Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (year 10) Indian School Certificate (year 12) |
Session | April–March |
Rector | Jeyaraj Veluswamy |
Principal | Rev. Fr Roshan Tirkey SJ |
Headmaster | Probal Gomes |
Faculty | 83 |
Gender | Boys |
Number of students | 2,300 |
Classes | Kg-12 |
Average class size | 40 |
Language | English |
Campus | Urban |
Colour(s) | Blue and white |
Nickname | Xaverian; SXCS |
Yearbook | The Xaverian |
Annual tuition | ≈₹1,00,900[1] |
Affiliation | Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations |
Website | www |
St. Xavier's Collegiate School (informally SXCS) is a private Catholic primary and secondary school for boys, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The school was founded in 1860 by the Jesuits under the supervision of Fr. Henri Depelchin S.J., and it is named after St. Francis Xavier, a 16th-century Jesuit missionary to India. The school caters to approximately 2,300 students.