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{{Infobox school
| name = St. Mary's Convent Inter College
| logo = Logo_of_SMCCJ.jpg
| motto = <big>'''''Spe Labor Levis'''''</big>
| motto_translation = Hope Lightens Work
| location = Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh
| county = India
| zipcode =
| coordinates =
| religious_affiliation = [[Catholic Church]] or Roman Catholic
| established = {{start date and age|January 15, 1866}}
| founder = [[Mary Ward (nun)|Mary Ward]]
| school_board = [[CISCE]]
| school_code =
| principal = Sr. Jyoti CJ
| hours_in_day = 6
| campus_type = Urban
| houses = Yellow, Blue, Red, Green {{color box|yellow}} {{color box|blue}} {{color box|red}} {{color box|green}}
| free = SMC
| free_label = Acronym
}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{unreferenced|date=April 2014}}
'''St. Mary's Convent Inter College''', [[ Allahabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]], is a girls school run by the [[nun|Sisters]] of the [[Congregation of Jesus]] in collaboration with a [[lay person|lay]] staff members. It was founded in 1866 by Mother [[Mary Ward (nun)|Mary Ward]] for the [[education of girls]]. The Delhi and the Lucknow campuses are co-educational.

The college was founded to provide an education to all sections of society, regardless of [[caste]], [[creed]] or financial status. The children are prepared for the [[Indian Certificate of Secondary Education|ICSE]] Examination at the class 10 level, the [[Indian School Certificate|ISC]] at the +2 level conducted by the [[CISCE]] [[Delhi]].

The institution, established and administered by the Christian Society, comes under articles 29 and 30 of the ''[[Indian Constitution]]'' and for Religious Jurisdiction it comes directly under the ''[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Allahabad]] ''.

The principal of the school is Sister Jyoti CJ. The school includes the Teachers Training Center, a school for would-be-teachers. It also runs a school for underprivileged children called Asha Deep.

The motto of the school is "Hope Lightens Work" (from the Latin version - Spe Labor Levis').

Members of the student council are selected each year, including the Head Girl, Vice Head Girl, House Captains, House Vice Captains, Student Editor and Sub-Editor, USM President and vice-president, Games Captain, Games Vice Captain.

St Mary's celebrated 150 years of its existence in the year 2016.

==History==
The history of '''St. Mary's Convent Inter College''', [[Allahabad]], rests on the foundation of the [[Congregation of Jesus]] by venerable [[Mary Ward (nun)]] who founded the Institute in 1609, to cater to the education of girls, with the special emphasis on moral and spiritual foundation. Inspired by her zeal and enthusiasm, the CJ sisters came to [[India]] at an invitation from Bishop [[Anastasius Hartmann]], to the then Superior General of the CJ sisters, Mother Catherine de Graccho, in Nymphenburg [[Germany]]. The pioneers to India, a group of five young sisters from Germany set out in 1853 across the oceans to the unknown strange land of India. After reaching [[Bombay]] by ship, they embarked upon a perilous journey across the vast peninsula of India in a bullock cart and reached [[Patna]], where they founded the first house and school in India, [[St. Joseph's Convent High School, Patna]]. In the years that followed, these brave women and others who followed them worked whole heartedly to spread God'sKingdom in the [[Indian subcontinent]] , establishing new convents and reaching out to the poor and needy in the northern parts of India through the ministries of education , health care , care of youth and orphans. In the year 1866 ,Bishop [[Anastasius Hartmann]] intended to open a new Convent of the IBMV ([[Sisters of Loreto]]) in Allahabad and appealed to Mother General for more sisters. By the time the 8th Party of sisters arrived in India , the Convent and Boarding school at [[Phaphamau]] was almost ready. The sisters moved into the convent of January 1ih,{{clarify|date=August 2021}} 1866.

On January 15th , 1866 , the boarding school was opened with two pupils , Mary Elise and Nina Frizzone. Though the number of students increased gradually , since the sisters had to face endless problems in Phaphamau , they first shifted to Elgin Road in [[Allahabad]] , then temporarily to Lowther Castle and finally in February 1888 (or 1886), to 32 Thornhill Road (Maharishi Dayanand Road), where the school is situated today. The [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Allahabad]] had offered a piece of leased land, within the campus of [[St. Joseph's Cathedral, Allahabad]] to the sisters to build their school, where a spacious red - brick building had been erected. The original building exists to this day, and is considered one of the heritage buildings of the city on account of its unique architectural style. Around it many other structures have been constructed in the course of years to accommodate the ever increasing number of students. DELVING INTO THE PAST St. Mary's Convent is a name synonymous with education, values, culture and sense of responsibility.

==Notable alumni==
Throughout its history a sizable number of alumni have become notable in various fields.
* [[Indira Gandhi]], a key 20th-century [[Politician|stateswoman]], a central figure of the [[Indian National Congress]] party, and to date the only female [[Prime Minister of India]] intermittently attended this premier institution until her matriculation in 1934.
* [[Shubha Mudgal]], a well-known Indian singer of [[Hindustani classical music]].
* Dr.[[Deepali Pant Joshi]], executive director of [[Reserve Bank of India]].
* [[Neelum Saran Gour]], an author, translator, academic and chronicler of various facets of Allahabad city.
* [[Shahnaz Husain]] an Indian entrepreneur.
* [[Leema Dhar]], a novelist and poet.
* [[ Nidhi Singh]], an Indian Television and Film actor.
* [[ Rita Bahuguna Joshi ]] an Indian politician and ex-cabinet minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh.
* [[ Aradhana Mishra ]] also known as Mona Misra, an Indian politician and member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh also studied here.
*Ananya Singh (IAS), an ex-student; of 2015-batch, cracked Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Services Exam, 2019 in her first attempt with an All-India-Rank of 51. She has been allocated West Bengal cadre currently.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Ananya|last2=Parthasarthi|first2=Nitya|last3=Singh|first3=Sameer|date=2019|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.18653/v1/n19-1303|journal=Proceedings of the 2019 Conference of the North|pages=2959–2969|location=Stroudsburg, PA, USA|publisher=Association for Computational Linguistics|doi=10.18653/v1/n19-1303|s2cid=174800820}}</ref>

==Lucknow==
Another branch of St. Mary's is in RDSO Colony, Manak Nagar, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The principal of the school is Sr. Lissy CJ and the manager is Sr. Mariette CJ. The motto of the school is "Efforts Spell Success". Unlike the Allahabad branch, this branch happens to be a co-educational institute.
The office bearers in this branch include the Head Boy, Head Girl, House captains, Games captains, and class monitors. The class monitors of year 12 acts as the prefects of the college.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{official website|http://smccjallahabad.org}} |
[official website Lucknow|http://smccjlko.org]http://www.cjsmciclko.org/principal.php

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* http://www.cjsmciclko.org/principal.php

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[[Category:Catholic schools in India]]
[[Category:Girls' schools in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Intermediate colleges in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Christian schools in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Schools in Allahabad]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1866]]
[[Category:1866 establishments in India]]

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