About St. John's English School & Junior College, Besant Nagar
Admissions for 2027 - 2028 Academic YearPlease contact the school directly for the admission procedure in specific schools.
St.John's English School and Junior college was started in 1981 at Besant Nagar, Chennai and is managed by St. John's Educational Trust. The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi and it offers education from Pre-KG to class XII. It is a co-educational institution. The school has experienced teaching and non-teaching staff. The main aim of the school is to provide holistic education to the students.
AcademicsSt.John's English School and Junior college offers education from Pre-KG to Class XII as per the CBSE curriculum. English is the medium of instruction and first language in the school. Hindi, Tamil, Sanskrit and French are the second languages taught at higher level. Tamil, Hindi and Sanskrit are the third languages taught at lower level. The third language commences from class V and is compulsory for all the classes from class V to VIII.
Listed below are the curriculum followed by the school.
Class I to V: English, Language, Maths, General Science/EVS, Social, Computer Science, General Knowledge, drawing/arts and craft, physical education, value education/scripture, music and environmental education
Class VI to VII: English, Language-2, Language-3, Maths, Science, Social, Computer Science, General Knowledge, arts and craft, physical education, value education/scripture, work experience and environmental education
Class IX and X: English, Langugae-2 (Hindi/Tamil/Sanskrit/French), Maths, Science(physics, chemistry, biology), Social (history, geography, civics, economics and disaster management), Computer Science , work experience, health education, environmental education, art education, physical training and value education/scripture
Practical classes- Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology
For higher secondary classes, the school offers education under science stream and commerce stream. English is the core subject and the elective subjects offered under science and commerce stream are
Science Stream: Language (Tamil/Hindi/French), Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Computer Science, Home Science, Physical Education
Commerce Stream: Language (Tamil/Hindi/French), Business Studies, Accountancy, Economics, Maths, Informatics practices, Home Science, Physical Education
Students should compulsorily study six subjects mentioned under Science stream or Commerce stream.
FacilitiesThe school has widespread campus at Besant Nagar and it provides friendly, caring and interactive learning environment. The school has separate classrooms for each section with well-furnished furniture. The school library is spacious and stocked with more than 15000 collections of books on different genres. Reading rooms are available inside the library with adequate furniture. To conduct practical classes, the school has equipped laboratories for mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, computer science and home science. The school educates the students through technology based training using digital teaching aids such as projectors, color TV, video cassette player, audio cassette player and other audio-visual equipment. The school operates mini buses for the pickup and dropping of students.
ActivitiesThe school gives equal importance to academics, extra-curricular activities and co-curricular activities. Interested students are given training in sports and games such as cricket, volleyball, football, throw ball, kho-kho, table tennis, tennikoit, shuttle, chess, carom and athletic events. The school also conducts special training and coaching for handwriting, abacus, vedic maths, skating, instrumental music and Karate.
The extra-curricular activities of the students are monitored via clubs such as photography, philately club, eco-club, fine arts club, consumer awareness club and readers club. Some of the other clubs that covers the co-curricular activities in the school are literary club ( Tamil, English, Hindi), mathematics club, science club, social club, computer science club, commerce club, quiz club, sports club, fine arts club, tiny-tots club, eco club, hobby club, journalism club, scripture club and hobby club. All the clubs that exist in the school focuses on various topics and brings out the best of the students. The school organizes various competitions, events and activities regularly to improve the talent of the students and to create knowledge and awareness on various topics. - Soundharya
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