ABOUT US

The name St. Joseph’s European High School was changed to St. Joseph’s Boys High School only in 1968. In February 1937, all the institutions of St. Joseph’s College – namely European High School and boarding house, Indian High School and St. Joseph’s College – were transferred to the Jesuit Management.

As early as 1841, Bishop Bonnaud planned to start a Catholic high school in Bangalore. This proposal took concrete shape only in 1854 when the priests of the Missions Etrangeres de Paris (MEP) bought a plot of land for a sum of Rs.1,000 at St. Johns Hill, Bangalore. Fr. Bouteloup had a house constructed in 1854 at a cost of Rs. 3,000 and this was named St. Joseph’s Seminary. This house also contained an orphanage and a residential school.

The Madras University was established in 1858 and our boarders could be admitted to prepare for their matriculation examination. Fr. Charbonnaux who was in-charge of the school made this entry in his diary: “We decided to open a school for European boys. As knowledge of English in necessary to our Indian pupils and that of Canarese to European boys we determined to build a wing and a kitchen adjoining the Seminary.” By May 1865 a new house was built to take in the orphans and boarders of the school

This was the beginning of St. Joseph’s College. In the nomenclature of the day, in European usage a ‘college’ was what today we would call a high school and what we would call today a ‘college’ would be termed ‘University’.

It was difficult for the three departments: seminary, orphanage and school to function in the same building. Hence in 1875, the orphanage was transferred to St. Patrick’s Church and still exists as St. Patrick’s Orphanage. The Seminary, for all practical purposes, closed down and hence the entire campus with all the buildings was utilized for the school and the boarding house. The school had a total of 144 students, 64 boarders and 80 day scholars.

The next important development was the change made by the very able new Rector, Fr. Maurice Vissac in 1882. He had the school affiliated to the Madras University as a second-grade college which could prepare and send students for the F.A. (First Arts) exams. In 1884, 2 candidates appeared for this exam and qualified successfully.

FACILITIES

Multi media Classrooms, Multi media Classrooms, Modern Science Laboratories, Multiple Audio Visual Rooms ,Computer Lab, Auditorium ,Chapel ,Playing field,Basketball Courts (cement & synthetic) ,Sports Complex ,Resource Room – PRAGATI ,Counselling Rooms ,Infirmary, Library, Play Area for Pre Primary boys , Canteen ,Food Court ,School Buses ,Music Classes

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