150TH YEARS ANNIVERSARY OF ST.JOSEPH'S CONVENT SCHOOL, KARACHI PAKISTAN. (2012-6)

St. Joseph's Convent School is run by the Daughters of the Cross, Pakistan, under the auspices of the Catholic Board of Education, Karachi.

The school prepares students for the S.S.C. Examination of the Board of Secondary Education, Karachi, and for the School Certificate Examination of the Cambridge University.

This 150 years old institute was established in year 1862 by Monsignor Steins, Vicar Apostolic of Bombay and the five Sisters. On March 18th, school began with 10 pupils. Slowly the number of pupils increased. The first Government grant-in-aid was received in June 1863, Rs.50 per month.

The grand old School building is not only a proud possession of the Convent and its students, but is an extremely important landmark in the history of Karachi.

In 1862, Karachi was a city of about 60,000 inhabitants, but already counted about 5000 Catholics. With the creation of Pakistan a new challenge was thrown at the Sisters. The people who migrated to Pakistan were looking for schools for their children and the Sisters responded generously, stretching their capacity to the limit. Today the school has more than 2000 pupils on its rolls. The School enjoys a good reputation and is much in demand among the citizens of Karachi.

St. Joseph's Convent School is a comprehensive school offering O' Levels through the Cambridge University and the Matric Examination of the Pakistan Board of Secondary Education. St. Joseph's is a place where students, staff, parents, and the community work cooperatively to create an integrated curriculum and flexible educational program that meets the intellectual, emotional, physical, and social needs of an ever- expanding and diverse student population.

The School is also the pioneer in introducing Computer Education in its curriculum. It's students, on various national and international levels, have won prizes and certificates in Computer Studies including NISAC, the National Award Scheme in Computing, is a UK-based method of assessing basic computer literacy skills in various applications.

Apart from the academics, Students of St. Joseph's school are also ahead in co-curricular activities.

On the occasion of 150th years Anniversary of St. Joseph's Convent School, Karachi, Pakistan Post is issuing a commemorative postage stamp of Rs. 8/- denomination on March 19, 2012.