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Saint Paul's School
Location
Rourkela Odisha
Information
Type	Private Co-Ed Catholic
Motto	Ut omnes unum sint. (That they may be one.)
Established	1964
Founder	Fr. Thomas Morris, SVD
School district	Sundergarh
Principal	Fr. S. Joseph
Staff	c. 110
Number of students	c. 2500
Classes	Nursery to class XII
Affiliation	ICSE and ISC
Uniform	Red shirt with school logo and blue shorts (pre-primary boys); Blue top with two thick red stripes and a pleated deep blue skirt (pre-primary girls); white shirt with school logo and maroon shorts (primary); brown striped shirt with brown pants (VI to X); white shirt with school logo and white pants (X to XII)
Website	stpaulsrourkela.org

Saint Paul's School, Rourkela is an Indian educational institution located in Rourkela, Odisha, that offers courses from the Nursery to the Senior-Secondary level.

History

The school was founded in 1964 by Rev. Fr. Thomas Morris, an Irish Catholic priest and a member of SVD Society.

Early years

Right from its foundation, the school kept adding two classes (one each for upper and lower grades) every year. During its initial years, the educators included T.S. Tripathy (Mathematics), Rajib Behera (Biology), Fr. Felix (Physics) and V.B. Nair (Physical Education).The first batch of Standard 10th appeared for the matriculation exam in the year 1969.

Co-education

Saint Paul's School was converted from an all-boys school to a co-education school in 2014. As of 2014, it was the only all-boys school in eastern India. A poll was conducted among the parents of students to decide whether or not to admit girls. The decision was taken by Fr S Joseph for the academic session 2013-14. The first girls were admitted from kindergarten.

Affiliation

The school is owned and operated by the Society of the Divine Word (SVD), a religious minority institution under article 30(1) of the Constitution of India. It is affiliated with the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations.

St. Paul's is a Catholic school that admits students of all religions. It exempts non-Catholic students from participating in religious practices particular to Catholics. The aim of St. Paul's is all-around development — academic, physical, moral and cultural — of its students into mature and responsible citizens who will be ready to take their rightful place in society.

Sports

The school has a playground with a football ground, a cricket ground, two basketball courts, and five badminton courts. During the winter, many tournaments are organised. The badminton tournament is organized in December.

The school has four houses that compete with each other in sports tournaments.

• Mountbatten—Red
• Manekshaw—Yellow
• Cariappa—Blue
• Thimayya—Green

References

1. History of St. Paul's School, Rourkela
2. "Our History – St.Paul's School".
3. "Our History – St.Paul's School".
4. Schools affiliated with CISCE in Rourkela, Odisha

External links

• Official website

• Divine Word Missionaries Order
• Catholic secondary schools in India
• Primary schools in India
• High schools and secondary schools in Odisha
• Christian schools in Odisha
• Schools in Rourkela
• Educational institutions established in 1964
• 1964 establishments in Orissa