St. Joseph's Boys' High School

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St. Joseph's Boys High School, Bangalore (formerly St. Joseph's European High School) was founded in 1858 to offer a liberal education for the boys of European and Anglo-Indian families. After India's independence, admission was extended in the 1950s and 1960s to include all students, irrespective of race, religion or caste.

The House system is a feature common to Public Schools in India especially Christian run schools (based on an equivalent system in England).

The four houses are named after the patron saints of the four constituent nations of the United Kingdom:

St. Andrew of Scotland - colour blue
St. David of Wales - colour yellow
St. George of England - colour red
St. Patrick of Northern Ireland - colour green

The houses compete with one another in academics, games, track and field sports, aquatics, arts, literary, dramatic and music competitions.

The large open playgrounds belonging to the school give space for cricket, football, hockey and other games and forms of exercise. One of the grounds is situated in the school premises while the other, where the school cricket team trains, is called the Centenary (Webbs) Ground located on Mahatma Gandhi Road near Mayo Hall. The School pays great attention to physical training and sports and has conducted the Annual Hockey Tournament for ICSE schools in Bangalore for many decades. The School also hosts a Cadet Platoon, a Boy Scouts Troop, and Debating and Literary Societies for the higher classes.