New school year begins at St Xavier

St Xavier Higher Secondary School, Mapusa celebrated the inaugural of a new academic year by felicitating 297 meritorious students of March 2016 HSSC Board examination on June 18, and also inaugurated the new Ruby Jubilee block.

The chief guest was Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrão who was the main celebrant at the Eucharistic celebrations. The Principal, Dr Elvis Gonsalves welcomed and also congratulated the parents, staff and students for securing an overall results of 99 percent with 297 Distinctions.

Shashikant Kandolkar, former Economics teacher was thanked and felicitated for his 34 years of dedicated service to the institution. The day also saw the institution praising the efforts and expressing their gratitude to all the benefactors, sponsors and well-wishers who contributed towards the Ruby Jubilee block.