Fr. Agnel School | |
Motto: | Love Your Neighbor as Yourself |
Type: | Private School |
Principal: | Fr. Roy D'sa [1] |
Location: | Gautam Nagar |
City: | New Delhi |
Country: | India |
Coordinates: | 28.5606°N 77.2142°W |
Faculty: | Full time |
Area: | New Delhi |
Nickname: | "Agnelites" |
Colors: | and |
Affiliations: | Central Board of Secondary Education |
Fr. Agnel School, is a private co-educational English medium school run by the Society of the Missionaries of St. Francis Xavier, Pilar in New Delhi, India. It was established by Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues, an Agnel Ashram priest in 1979. The school is situated in Gautam Nagar, New Delhi.[2]
The school was established in 1979 in South Extension, New Delhi, and subsequently shifted to its present campus in Gautam Nagar, which was inaugurated on 3 April 1985.[3] It received recognition from Delhi Government on 1 May 1981.[4] [5]
The school is named after Fr. Agnelo de Souza (1869 - 1927), a Roman Catholic priest of the Society of the Missionaries of St. Francis Xavier, Pilar who performed missionary work in Goa.
In 2012, it was rated by the Hindustan Times, as amongst leading schools of South Delhi.[6]
The school also runs drug de-addiction service.[7] [8]