Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Mannuthy had its humble origins in 1971 with 33 students. It has grown into a gigantic edifice with over 2000 students on the rolls today. It is a Christian minority school with all the privileges that acquire from it. It is recognized by the Kerala Education Department and the students appear for Kerala SSLC examination and Kerala Higher Secondary Board Examination. The medium of instruction is English. Right from the inception, year after year, the school has the credit of hundred percent pass in the SSLC examinations and Higher Secondary Board Examinations. The school has contributed several full A+ holders to the state.Outstanding Milestones in the Annals of the School.
Don Bosco, Mannuthy is an undertaking of the Salesians of Don Bosco of the Province of Bangalore.
The management Committee of Don Bosco Mannuthy constitutes:
Fr. PK. John, Rector and Manager
Br. Paul Gopurathingal SDB , Administrator
Fr. Babu Manissery SDB, Principal, Don Bosco Higher Secondary School
Fr. PK. John SDB, In Charge, Don Bosco LP School
Fr. Shino Kalapurackal SDB, Principal, Don Bosco ICSE School
CAMPUS situated at a distance of eight kilometers from the town of Thrissur and nestled by the side of National Highway 47, Don Bosco Mannuthy stands out as one of the premier institutes of Kerala. Located on its sprawling 18 acre plot are Don Bosco Bhavan, Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Don Bosco LP School, Don Bosco ICSE School and Don Bosco Youth Centre. Tucked away from the hustle and bustle of the city, Don Bosco Campus is a haven to over 3000 children and youngsters who receive their education according to the style and principles of Don Bosco.
We, the Salesians of Don Bosco, inspired by the love of the Heart of Jesus and fundamental human values, following the educative system of Don Bosco, commit ourselves to the creation of an educated, ethical, and prosperous society where equality, freedom and fraternity reign, by imparting to young students an education that promotes integral human development.
The total development of young students, in academic excellence, as well as in the acquisition of social consciousness of rights and responsibilities, integrating spiritual, ethical, cultural and political values, following the educative system of Don Bosco, based on reason religion and loving kindness, and in collaboration with the educators, parents and people of good will. Indeed, Don Bosco School stands for the integral development of the student, that is, to help to develop the student’s Spirit, Mind and Body.
Spirit: To bring out the best in the student by fostering a loving relationship with God, self and neighbour.
Mind: To foster creativity and responsible use of one’s gifts and co-responsibility for a better world
Body: Physical fitness through sports, games and healthy living.
John Bosco (Italian: Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco; 16 August 1815 – 31 January 1888), popularly known as Don Bosco, was an Italian Roman Catholic priest of the Latin Church, educator and writer of the 19th century. While working in Turin, where the population suffered many of the effects of industrialization and urbanization, he dedicated his life to the betterment and education of street children, juvenile delinquents, and other disadvantaged youth. He developed teaching methods based on love rather than punishment, a method that became known as the Salesian Preventive System. A follower of the spirituality and philosophy of Saint Francis de Sales, Bosco dedicated his works to him when he founded the Salesians of Don Bosco, based in Turin. Together with Maria Domenica Mazzarello, he founded the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, a religious congregation of nuns dedicated to the care and education of poor girls.
In 1876 Bosco founded a movement of laity, the Association of Salesian Cooperators, with the same educational mission to the poor. In 1875 he began to publish the Salesian Bulletin. The Bulletin has remained in continuous publication, and is currently published in 50 different editions and 30 languages
Bosco established a network of organizations and centres to carry on his work. Following his posthumous beatification in 1929, he was canonized as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Pius XI in 1934.
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OF DON BOSCO St. John Bosco was an exceptional educator. His acute intelligence, common sense and profound spirituality led him to create a system of education that develops the whole person – body, heart, mind and spirit. It enhances growth and freedom while putting the child at the centre of the whole educational enterprise. To distinguish his method from the repressive system of education prevalent in 19th century Italy, he called his own method the ‘preventive’ system – because it seeks to prevent the need for punishment by placing the child in an environment in which he/she is encouraged to be the best one can be. It is a congenial, friendly and holistic approach to education. It creates a climate that ‘draws forth’ (educere) the best in the child, that encourages the child’s complete and fullest self-expression, that assists young people in acquiring habits that will lead them to opt in favour of what is good, healthy, joyful and life-enhancing.
The Salesians of Don Bosco, formally known as The Society of St. Francis de Sales, is founded by Don Bosco, a Catholic Saint and Educationist known the world over as “the Friend of Youth”.
As an international organization of men dedicated full time to the service of young people, the Salesians of Don Boscofocus all its initiatives on ‘Youth Resource Development’, believing that its total dedication to the holistic education of young people is the best gift to humanity today for a better world tomorrow.
With its headquarters in Rome, Salesians of Don Bosco is spread over 131 countries. Through a global network of educational and social service organizations which include 15 universities, 58 institutions of higher education and thousands of schools and social development centres, it currently caters to over fifteen million young people the world over. Today, the Salesian Family boasts of nearly 402,500 members in the service of young people.
The Salesians of Don Bosco also enjoys special consultancy status at the United Nations and is recognized by the Government of India as the largest non-governmental provider of technical education in the country.