Don Bosco School, Gumla

In the nineteen thousand and nineties, there were no recognized English medium schools in Gumla diocese. There were requests from various quarters to start an English medium school. After a prolonged search and in response to the invitation of the Bishop of Gumla to the Salesians, a 15 acre non-tribal plot, adjacent to the national highway 23, just five Kms away from Gumla town, in the village of Bamhni was purchased and registered in August 1995 for the proposed English medium school and eventually a youth Centre to take care of the youth of the neighbourhood.

The initial works with regard to the land and the building of the compound wall were carried out by Fr. Joseph Varappilly (V.P) and Fr. John Kakkuzhy (K.J.). They used to come from Kereng periodically to supervise the work. After that, Fr. Jose Koorappallil (Jose Mathew), busy as he was with his duties as Assistant Parish Priest and in-charge of CCF at Kereng, generously accepted the responsibility of supervising the building work at Gumla.

On 28.04 2000 ‘Don Bosco Gumla Society’ was formed and registered in Patna, Bihar for better administration. The Solemn Blessing and Inauguration of the Don Bosco (Co-educational, English Medium) school took place on 1st November 2000. It was blessed by Rt. Rev. Michael Minj SJ DD Bishop of Gumla and inaugurated by Fr. K.A. Joseph, the Provincial. Since, the building of the boarding was completed first, the classes began there. The foundation stone for the new school building was laid on 8th December 2002. ‘Don Bosco Gumla society’ was re-registered in 2008 at Ranchi the capital of Jharkhand with registration No. 1088 dated 18.1.2008.

In 2008, the community of ‘Don Bosco School Gumla’ was canonically erected and Rev. Fr. Joseph Varappilly was appointed as the first Rector. The High School with its labs, library etc. was completed in 2010 and temporary affiliation was granted by the ICSE Council for three years. The school was permanently affiliated to CISCE on 26th July 2013.Fr. Vijay Soy succeeded Fr. Joseph Varappllyin 2014 as the second Rector. On 24th of May 2017 Fr. Hemlet Kujur was appoint the third Rector of Don Bosco School Gumla.

Don Bosco School, Gumla is situated in Bamhni village which has more than 100 families. The village people are socially poor and economically backward. They still lack proper food, sanitation, road, electricity and other basic necessities of life. The mission of this Centre comprises a Co-educational English Medium School with boarding for boys and girls in collaboration with sisters of St. Charles Borromeo, Sunday Mass Centre and socio-personal development of women and children of the area.