Carmel School (also known as Carmel Convent School, Giridih) is a private

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located in the

Giridih Giridih is headquarters of the Giridih district of Jharkhand state, India. The city of Giridih is known for its industrial and health sectors, as well as its scenery. Giridih houses the Giridih Coalfield which is one of the oldest coalfields to ...

district of

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...

, India. The school provides a hostel for girls. The boys attend the school as day scholars. The pupils of Carmel School are referred to as ''Carmelites''. Carmel School also has a neighbouring branch known as ''Carmel Hindi Medium School'', that provides education to pupils with a Hindi curriculum.

History

The school was founded in 1954 by the Carmelite Sisters of St. Teresa (CSST) a community started by Mother Teresa of St. Rose of Lima.History of the Congregation of the Carmelite Sisters of St.Teresa(C.S.S.T)
, Carmel Convent, Giridih, Eastern-1954. The school was the first in the region to impart education in English medium to pupils. As of July 2019, Sr Divya is the principal of the school.

Nature

The school is owned and administered by the Carmelite Sisters of St. Teresa, Northern Province. The school is affiliated to the

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, New Delhi and prepares the pupils for the ICSE and the

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board examinations for class X and class XII respectively.

Curriculum

The school is affiliated to the

, New Delhi and prepares the pupils for the ICSE board examination for class X. It provides education up to 12th standard with the

Board. Admission for new pupils starts from December and the new session start from the second half of March. It is

co-educational Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to ...

and instruction is primarily in English. There are separate kindergarten, Primary, higher and senior secondary sections in the campus.

References

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External links

Official website
Carmelite educational institutions Catholic secondary schools in India Christian schools in Jharkhand High schools and secondary schools in Jharkhand Private schools in Jharkhand Giridih district Education in Giridih Educational institutions established in 1954 1954 establishments in Bihar