Loyola High School & Junior College, Pune
Loyola High School & Junior College The seeds of Loyola High School took roots in the groundbreaking of the National Defence Academy (NDA), a world-class training facilities for officers of the Indian Armed Forces, back in 1954. Fr Rudolf Schoch S.J. through the good offices of then Chief Engineer Mr W X Mascarenhas, an ex-Vincentian, offered to establish a High School under the auspices of the Poona Jesuits Schools' Society (PJSS), an umbrella body he had founded for the effective management of schools of the Poona-Belgaum Jesuit Province. He is quoted as saying, "should it be advisable to establish two schools, one for Officers' children and the other for other ranks (with Hindi as the medium of instruction) the PJSS would be ready to oblige". Fr Oesch at NDA School prize ceremony The powers that be made the right choice in working with PJSS and the NDA school opened on February 2nd 1955 with Fr Schoch as principal in charge of 136 children in the English sectio...