St. Francis' Grammar School

For the school of the same name in Hartlepool, England, see St Francis RC Grammar School.

St. Francis' Grammar School
Location
Zarghoon Road, Quetta, Baluchistan

Pakistan
Information
TypePrivate primary and secondary school
Religious affiliation(s)Catholicism
Patron saint(s)Saint Francis of Assisi
Established1936 (1936)
Oversight
PrincipalSylvia Nathaniel

St. Francis' Grammar School is a private Catholic primary and secondary school located in Baluchistan, Pakistan. The school was established in 1936 to provide education to the elite of Baluchistan and Sindh.

Overview

The school has produced numerous luminaries - from a former prime minister to doctors, engineers, army officers, politicians, writers, judges, and ambassadors. The school is situated on the Zarghoon Road of Quetta (formerly Lytton Road). Due to its good reputation, admission to the school is highly sought by people of Quetta and other parts of Pakistan. Children of army officers from the Army Staff College Quetta also attended the school. The school has playgrounds, hostel facilities (till the 80s) and a well stocked children's library.

The school was founded by Msgr. Salesius Lemmens OFM, Apostolic Prefect of Sind and Baluchistan.[1] through the Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of Quetta. The school had the distinction of having Father Liberius Pieterse as Assistant Principal from 1937 to 1939 who translated the Bible into Urdu.

Alumni

References
  1. "Msgr. S. Lemmens, OFM" New Venlo Courant, May 1, 1942
  2. "thedailystar.net 6 March 2009".
  3. "UCANews.com November 7, 2003".
  4. "UCANews.com October 13, 1992".


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