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St. Xavier's College, Loyola Hall
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- Naranpura, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Telephone Numbers: (079) 27910400
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- Email: loyolaxaad1@sancharnet.in
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St. Xavier's High School, Loyola Hall is an English-Gujarati medium primary and secondary school located at Navrangpura in Ahmedabad, India.[1] The school is spread over a site of about 4 acres (16,000 m2). [1]
St. Xavier's is a High School only for boys managed by the Society of Jesus and recognised by the Department of Education, Gujarat State. Though a Catholic Institution, it welcomes pupils from all sections of society and prepares them for the Secondary School Certificate and the Higher Secondary School Certificate Examinations. [1]
It comprises the K. G. and Std. 1 to 10 with parallel divisions having Gujarati and English medium of instruction. The school also runs standards 11 and 12 (Science and Commerce streams, the latter only in English medium) to which girls are also admitted.Since the academic year 2006-07 it has started admitting girls starting from K.G. [1]
The school is also known for its sporting achievements in the region with quite a few sporting greats having studied here. e.g Geet Sethi, former World Billiards Champion is an alumnus of the school. Other great alumni include Mr. Bharat Desai, founder and owner of Syntel and Bimal Patel and Chintan C Bhatt and Mr. Mervin D'Souza ,well known Geologist who lead the 20th Indian Antarctica Expedition and a recipient of the coveted National Mineral Award. [1]
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- Vasa-Shah, Rajeshree (January 1974 - December 1978)
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