Mumbai: St Columba School, Mumbai's oldest girls' school, and Villa Theresa High School, an all-girls convent in the city, have much to celebrate today as they cross huge milestones in the field of education.
Maharashtra Governor S.M. Krishna, will preside over the celebrations.
Established by Scottish missionaries Margaret Wilson and her husband Reverend Dr John Wilson, St Columba will commemorate its 175th year while Villa Theresa its 75th year of imparting education.
Situated amid highly crowded area of Gamdevi in south Mumbai "we are fortunate to have a large campus with plenty of greenery and a large playground not seen in many Mumbai schools," Shubhada Pereira, Assistant Head Mistress, St Columba School, told Gulf News.
"Initially, the school catered to the Marathi-speaking upper middle class, well-educated section of society though our students now come from a cosmopolitan background," she said.
More that 2,000 students study at St Columba's which initially started with six students in a bungalow of Margaret Wilson in Grant Road.
Situated on the upmarket Pedder Road, Villa Theresa's Principal Sister Jenet Almeida says, "Bringing up children capable of facing this wide wild world and living up to their unique purpose in life is increasingly demanding." She also believes, "It is important for us as elders to make sure that we develop the happiness of our children, no matter what their levels of abilities."
