School Profile

MONTFORT BROTHERS OF ST. GABRIEL
Montfort Brothers of St. Gabriel is a religious Society founded bySt. Louis Marie De Montfort in France in the year 1705. The members of the Socity are engaged in the mission of education and social empowerment initiatives in over 35 countries. As a Society it proudly shares the common philosophy and teaching methods of the Catholic Church in general, while drawing on its rich educational experiences and traditions, inherited as a society over the last three hundred years.

In India, divided into seven Provinces, Montfort Brothers have their presence in almost all the States, actively participating in diverse fields of apostolate that include formal and non-formal technical and academic education, education, care and rehabilitation of the physically and mentally challenged persons; the street children and the orphans; the care of elderly people; empowerment of women and the marginalized, adoption and up-liftment programmes aimed at the downtrodden in rural and urban areas.
In the field of education apostolate, the primary option of the Montfort Brothers is in favour of the educationally and economically less favoured, giving priority to faith and value formation in the young. Montfort Brothers actively collaborate with the concerted action of educators, parents and other professional bodies who also work in the same fields for the cultural, social and technical development of the country.

Holistic approach to education is our forte as they firmly believe that a young person learns from his / her whole school experiences. Hence a whole lot of programmes and an ideal environment is set for the young in all their educational institutions.

HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL
St. John’s Hr.Sec.School is a Catholic Institution managed by the Montfort Brothers of St. Gabriel. It is affiliated to Mizoram Board of School Education. The school was established in the year 1959 by Rev. Fr. Jean Vezina, CSC of the Holy Cross Missionaries. The School was named St. John’s High School in honour of Pope john XXIII who had been elected a few months earlier. “Love one another” (John 15:12 was chosen as its motto. It was affiliated to the Board of Secondary Education, Assam, in 1962. In 1968 the Holy Cross Missionaries handed over the school to the Diocese of Silchar. The Bishop of Silchar Rt. Rev. Denzil D’Souza handed over the school to the Montfort Brothers of St.Gabriel in the year 1975. In 1986 the School was granted Deficit Status. The school was raised to Higher Secondary in 1996 with Science and Arts streams.

SCHOOL STRENGTH

Sl. No .	YEAR	High School	Hr. Sec.	Total
1	1959	18		18
2	1960	28		28
3	1961	56		56
4	1962	108		108
5	1963	167		167
6	1964	168		168
7	1965	170		170
8	1966	191		191
9	1967	154		154
10	1968	124		124
11	1969	160		160
12	1970	160		160
13	1971	155		155
14	1972	231		231
15	1973	220		220
16	1974	218		218
17	1975	213		213
18	1976	258		258
19	1977	270		270
20	1978	290		290
21	1979	218		218
22	1980	200		200
23	1981	296		296
24	1982	216		216
25	1983	267		267
26	1984	226		226
27	1985	283		283
28	1986	308		308
29	1987	315		315
30	1988	303		303
31	1989	363		363
32	1990	401		401
33	1991	442		442
34	1992	412		412
35	1993	428		428
36	1994	466		466
37	1995	445		445
38	1996	468	131	599
39	1997	559	223	782
40	1998	575	320	895
41	1999	581	305	886
42	2000	575	288	863
43	2001	558	318	876
44	2002	485	342	827
45	2003	468	318	786
46	2004	554	300	854
47	2005	563	350	913
48	2006	520	391	911
49	2007	494	413	907
50	2008	524	435	959
51	2009	520	404	924
52	2010	527	529	1056
53	2011	343	460	803
54	2012	404	454	858
55	2013	481	475	956
56	2014	529	492	1021
57	2015	532	506	1038
58	2016	491	516	1007
59	2017	515	520	1035
60	2018	532	549	1081
61	2019	493	574	1067
62	2020	472	619	1091
63	2021	479	694	1173
64	2022	444	632	1076
65	2023	477	557	1034