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 '''St Joseph's College Nainital''' is a boys' [[boarding school|residential school]] in [[Nainital]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]] providing public school education.
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 ==Overview==
 St. Joseph's College Nainital was established in 1888. The site was the location of a seminary, run by the Italian [[Order of Friars Minor Capuchin|Capuchin]] Fathers. The seminary ran for a short while and then reopened as a Catholic school for boys: St. Joseph's College. Hence, the school is still referred to as "SEM" (for Seminary). In 1892 four Christian Brothers took over formal charge of St. Joseph's College and thus began the involvement of the Christian Brothers in the running of the school.

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|name = St. Joseph's College
|image = SJC_Crest.jpg
|imagesize = 200px
|established = [[1888]]
|type = [[Private school|Private]]
|affiliation = [[ICSE]]
|district =
|grades = 1-10
|principal = Mr. Peter Emmanuel
|head of school =
|dean =
|faculty = approximately 90
|staff =
|students = approximately 900
|enrollment =
|athletics = [[Soccer]],[[Cricket]],[[Tennis]], [[Basketball]], [[Swimming]],[[Field Hockey]],[[Track and Field]],[[Squash]],[[Boxing]],[[Badminton]]
|colors = Blue, Yellow, Green, Red
|mascot =
|free_label = Houses
|free_text = [[Gandhi]], [[Nehru]], [[Pant]], [[Tagore]]
|free_label2 = Motto
|free_text2 = ''Certa Bonum Certa men'' meaning 'Fight The Good Fight'
|location = [[Nainital]], [[Uttranchal]], [[India]]
|information = +91(5942)238097,239039
|website = [http://www.sjc-ntl.net/ SJC Nainital]
}}

'''St Joseph's College Nainital''' is a boys' [[boarding school|residential school]] in [[Nainital]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]] providing public school education.

==Overview==
St. Joseph's College Nainital was established in 1888. The site was the location of a seminary, run by the Italian [[Order of Friars Minor Capuchin|Capuchin]] Fathers. The seminary ran for a short while and then reopened as a Catholic school for boys: St. Joseph's College. Hence, the school is still referred to as "SEM" (for Seminary). In 1892 four Christian Brothers took over formal charge of St. Joseph's College and thus began the involvement of the Christian Brothers in the running of the school.

St. Joseph's College is one of the 20 educational institutions in India conducted by the [[Congregation of Christian Brothers]], a pontifical institute, founded in Ireland in 1802 by [[Edmund Ignatius Rice]] - a wealthy Catholic layman, who was beatified in 1996.

Brother T.P.Fitzpatrick and Brother J.Murray still play an active role in the school, taking classes and involving themselves in co-curricular activities.

==Boys and campus==
The school boys are aged between 6 and 16. Roll strength is about 960, with 360 boarders. New admissions are taken only in classes one and three. There is no intake in any other class. The school is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations and prepares students for the ICSE examinations. There is no plus-two section at present.

The school is at an altitude of about 2,000 meters above mean sea level amidst the idyllic surroundings of Kumaon Hills. It has six playing fields, a gymnasium and a swimming pool.

==Sports and activities ==
Hockey, cricket, athletics, football, table tennis, basketball and volleyball are the principal games. Cultural and co-curricular activities allow for the development of communication and inter-personal skills. Sem plays against schools like Sherwood College, St. Columba's and St. Amtul's, in inter-college tournaments.

==School anthem==

[[Image:St. Joseph's College, Nainital (SEM).JPG|thumb|right|St. Joseph's College, Nainital (SEM)]]
You've heard of many a school I trow 
And many a college too 
But there is one that always is 
The best for me 'n you 
'Tis perched o'er Naini's lovely lake 
And our dads were there of old 
For a century and more 'tis known 
As the home of the true and bold 

'Twas called at first the good old sem 
And later SJC 
And a dearer place cannot be found 
At least for you and me
Its boys are hard to beat my friends
In classroom, field or fame
Their motto down the years has been 
Make sure to play the game

And here's to the boys of SJC
To her children every man
And pass the word to those who'll come
Give the motto of the clan
Adown the years to fight life's fight
To fight it clean and be
Among the boys who've kept the bridge 
At dear old SJC

== Notable alumni ==
Several hundred alumni share informal news on current events at the [http://www.sjc-ntl.net/ SJC Web Site]. A list of yahoo groups for different batches [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SJCNainital/links].

Politics

* [[K C Pant|K. C. Pant]] - former Defence Minister & Vice Chairman Planning Commission
* [[Rajendra Singh(RSS)|Prof. Rajendra Singh]] - Rajju Bhayia - former Head, RSS
* [[K.C. Singh Baba|K.C. Singh Baba]] - Member of Parliament, Nainital and Former International Powerlifter

Armed Forces

* [[Rajesh Singh Adhikari|Maj. Rajesh Singh Adhikari]] - Maha Vir Chakra

Sports
* [[Lalit Modi]] - Commissioner, Indian Premier League

Miscellaneous
* [[Jim Corbett]] - World Famous British-Indian Hunter & Author
* [[Peter Bertram Cypriano Castellino de Noronha]]
* [[Naseeruddin Shah]] - film actor

==Trivia==
Indian films have been shot at this location. The best known are ''[[Masoom]]'', ''[[Koi Mil Gaya]]'', ''[[Krrish]]'' and ''[[Himalayputra]]''.

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