St. Joseph's PU College, Anekal explained

St. Joseph's PU College, Anekal
City:Anekal, South Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Type:Pre-university,
Denomination:Catholic (Jesuit)
Staff:28
Gender:Coeducational
Enrollment:542
Language:Kannada

St. Joseph's PU College, Anekal, India, was founded by the Society of Jesus in 2010 in Anekal town, a suburb of Bangalore. It offers two years of pre-university education to an underserved rural population. A feeder school is the Jesuit St. Joseph School, Anekal less than 2 kilometers away.

In 2015 there were 542 students studying in both I and II PU in different streams: PCMB, PCMC, HEBA, CEBA and HEPS. There are a total of 28 staff members.[1]

Hindu activists have attacked the students and administrators three times, with seeming impunity under the BJP government in Karnataka. The student body consists of 60% Dalit Hindus with the remainder Christians and Muslims.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site:

    Karnataka Jesuits

    . www.karnatakajesuits.org. 2017-01-19.
  2. http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Karnataka:-Jesuits-and-schools-targeted-by-Hindu-nationalists-23949.html Asia News on attack by ultra-nationalists. Retrieved 19 January 2017.