Khrist Raja High School, Bettiah
| Khrist Raja High School, Bettiah | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Type | Jesuit, Catholic |
| Established | 1927 |
| Rector | Fr. Donald Miranda, SJ |
| Headmaster | Fr. Christopher Kerketta, SJ |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Enrollment | 2,146 (468 girls) |
| Publication | Satyarthy (literary annual) |
| Website | KhristRajaBettiah |
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Khrist Raja High School, Bettiah, India, was founded by the Jesuits in 1927 and became coeducational in 1998.
History
Khrist Raja High School (K.R.), Bettiah, was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1927 and in 1930 moved to its present campus. It went coeducational in 1998. In 2007, 136 out of 148 students passed the exit exam in the First Division, for which it received a "best school certificate." In 2008 there were 2,146 students, including 468 girls.[1]
Bishop Cajetan Francis Osta of the Diocese of Muzaffarpur completed his high school studies at Khrist Raja.[2]
Activities
Facilities include football, cricket, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, badminton, khabadi, and kho-kho. There is also competition in debating, elocution, extempore speech, and quizzes, along with organizations for music, singing, dance, one act plays,[3] English, science, drawing, and painting.
Social service includes a Leadership Training for Service unit and Youth Citizenship Service. along with the ecology clubs Tarumitra (Friends of Trees) and Eco-Club. There are also unites of the Scouting and National Cadet Corps.[4] Service projects adopted by the school have included relief for flood victims in Eastern India.[5]
References
Coordinates: 26°47′13.86″N 84°30′44.66″E / 26.7871833°N 84.5124056°E