St. Francis' Grammar School is a privateCatholic secondary school located in Baluchistan, Pakistan.[1] The school is situated on the Zarghoon Road (formerly known as Lytton Road). The school has playgrounds, hostel facilities (till the 80s) and a well stocked children's library.
The school was founded in 1936 by Msgr. Salesius Lemmens OFM, Apostolic Prefect to educate the children of British soldiers stationed in the area.[1][2] The school had the distinction of having Father Liberius Pieterse as Assistant Principal from 1937 to 1939 who translated the Bible into Urdu.
francis, grammar, school, school, same, name, hartlepool, england, francis, grammar, school, locationzarghoon, road, quetta, baluchistanpakistaninformationtypeprivate, primary, secondary, schoolreligious, affiliation, catholicismpatron, saint, saint, francis, . For the school of the same name in Hartlepool England see St Francis RC Grammar School St Francis Grammar SchoolLocationZarghoon Road Quetta BaluchistanPakistanInformationTypePrivate primary and secondary schoolReligious affiliation s CatholicismPatron saint s Saint Francis of AssisiEstablished1936 87 years ago 1936 OversightCatholic Board of EducationCatholic Apostolic Prefecture of QuettaPrincipalSylvia NathanielNumber of students2000 2009 1 St Francis Grammar School is a private Catholic secondary school located in Baluchistan Pakistan 1 The school is situated on the Zarghoon Road formerly known as Lytton Road The school has playgrounds hostel facilities till the 80s and a well stocked children s library Contents 1 History 2 Alumni 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditThe school was founded in 1936 by Msgr Salesius Lemmens OFM Apostolic Prefect to educate the children of British soldiers stationed in the area 1 2 The school had the distinction of having Father Liberius Pieterse as Assistant Principal from 1937 to 1939 who translated the Bible into Urdu Alumni EditMajor General Shakil Ahmed Bangladesh Rifles 3 Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali former Prime Minister of Pakistan 4 Ashraf Jehangir Qazi Pakistani diplomat Muzaffar Hussain Shah former Chief Minister of Sindh and Speaker of Sindh AssemblyReferences Edit a b c Meet Quetta s Untouchable Christians The Diplomat Msgr S Lemmens OFM New Venlo Courant May 1 1942 thedailystar net 6 March 2009 UCA News UCA News External links EditSchool photograph by Dr Irfan Ahmed Khan student 1961 1969 This Pakistan school related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title St Francis 27 Grammar School amp oldid 1117067484, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
