Principal’s Enhancement and Enrichment Programme for Jesuits of South Zone Provinces May 1-4, 2024

The South Zone Jesuit Provinces arranged a four-day Principal's Enhancement and Enrichment Programme for Jesuits of South Zone Provinces from May 1-4 at Maitreya Spirituality Training Centre, Bannerghatta Road, Bengaluru. For the Jesuit principals and heads of their respective institutions. 

Fr John Ravi SJ, Fr John Kennedy SJ, Fr VM Thomas SDB and Fr Rohan D’Almeida SJ the Province coordinator for secondary Education were present for the inauguration. The keynote speaker Fr John Ravi SJ highlighted the holistic development of a principal and the traits of an enhanced leader.

The Program's resource person, Fr. VM Thomas SDB, emphasized the need for transformative leadership and the Jesuit tradition of taking calculated risks. The paradigm change received more attention. Activities were provided in conjunction with the sessions to keep us engaged. Discussions covered a wide range of subjects, including networking, Bloom's Taxonomy, and the digital world. 

Our visit to Delhi Public School East on Sarjapura Road took place on the third day, where Principal MS Carvalo gave us an overview of some of the school's best animation practices.  

Transformation cannot happen without Reflection hence on the last day to gather the fruits of the programme there was a recollection guided by Fr Olvin Veigas SJ followed by the spiritual conversation. At the end of the talk, there was an individual strategic planning for the school and a road map for the future which was moderated by Fr John Kennedy SJ.

In the concluding remark Fr Rohan SJ, the coordinator of Secondary Education of Karnataka Jesuit province addressed the gathering and shed light on the current challenges faced by students and principals. The formal event concluded with handing over mementos to the attendees. The entire programme was applauded by everyone present and always remains a beautiful memory in the hearts of one and all present.

LEAP: Training for Jesuit School Principals in Bengaluru

January 22, 2023: Prerana, Bengaluru 

LEAP: Leadership Enhancement and Animation Programme was held at Prerana, Ignatian Spirituality centre Bengaluru for the Jesuit School Principals and Managers of Southern Jesuit Provinces (Kerala, Karnataka, Madurai, Chennai and Andhra) from 19th January to 22nd of January 2023.

Fr Jossie D'Mello, SJ, the Vice-Provincial of Karnataka Jesuit Province in his inaugural address highlighted the role of Jesuit Institutions in the VUCA world (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity). He also highlighted the aspect of IPP (Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm) in today's context as part of the Jesuit identity.

Fr John Ravi, SJ, Secretary, South Asian Jesuit Conference Secretariat for School Education along with Fr John Kennedy, Fr Henry Saldanha, Fr Jossie Lobo, Dr Vincent, Mr Mark D'Souza, Mr Britto and Fr Rohan D'Almeida (co-ordinator) conducted this four-day Programme.  

Day One was focused at Ignatian leadership; Day Two was on Transformational Leadership; Day Three was on Pedagogical leadership; Day Four was on organizational leadership. There were 31 participants from the five Southern Jesuit Provinces. As part of the programme, the participants also visited SJU (St Joseph's University Campus), St Joseph's Boys School, Jesuit Nivas, and St Joseph's Indian Institutions, Bengaluru.

The participants felt that the whole programme was well organized, very informative, transforming and rejuvenating. It was a blend of both theory and practicals.  Participants enjoyed the stay and the great hospitality at Prerana which was arranged by Fr Anthony Joseph, Rector, Mount St Joseph and Fr Prashanth D'Souza, Director of Prerana, Bengaluru.

Welcome to Our Blog

Dear Readers, 

The Society of Jesus, a Christian Religious Order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1540, has been active in the field of education throughout the world since its origin. In the world, the Jesuits are responsible for 3,897 Educational Institutions in 96 countries. These Jesuit Educational Institutions engage the efforts of approximately 1,34,303 teachers, educating approximately 29,28,806 students. In India The Society of Jesus has founded 118 Primary & Middle Schools, 149 High Schools,58 University Colleges, 22 Technical Institutes and 16 Business Administrations Institutes with 11,525 teachers, educating 3,34,538 students, belonging to every social class, community and linguistic group. These Institutions are part of the Catholic Church's effort to share in the country's educational undertaking. The Jesuit Schools and Colleges aims at the integral, personal formation of youth, to accomplish this, special efforts are made:

To help the students to become mature, spiritually-oriented men and women of character;

• To encourage them continuously to strive after excellence in every fields;

• To value and judiciously use their freedom;

• To be clear and firm on principles and courageous in action;

• To be unselfish in the service of their fellowmen; and

• To become agents of needed social change in their country.

The Jesuit Schools and Colleges thus aims at making its own contribution towards a transformation of the present-day social condition so that principles of social justice, equality of opportunity, genuine freedom, and respect for religious and moral values, enshrined in the constitution of India, may prevail, and the possibility of living a fully human existence may be available to all.

This blog tries to highlight the Educational endeavours undertaken by the Karnataka Jesuit Secondary Education Sector under the able leadership of Fr Jerome Stanislaus D’Souza. We have 43 institutions (Primary, High schools and PU colleges) & 28,205 students studying in Secondary Education sector. We have 1400 staff collaborating with us in imparting knowledge to the students. 

This blog has the information about our schools and PU Colleges of Karnataka Jesuit Education Sector it also has the rich resource of Jesuit Education.  It also have the YouTube videos of Characteristics of Jesuit Education for the present context.

I am grateful to our Provincial/President of our Institutions for all his support and encouragement. I am very much grateful to Fr Olvin Veigas for giving me the idea to have this blogspot. He has designed this blogspot. I thank him whole heartedly for all his help and ideas. We also thank Sch Rejoy of Kerala province for all his help in making the videos for this blog. 

Fr Rohan D’ Almeida SJ

Karnataka Province Coordinator for Secondary Education