The annual sports meet
A march past behind the national flag, house contingents in colour, and two days of track and field that close on the winners' podium.
Estd. 1985 · Barama, Baksa · Assam
St. John's H.S. School, Barama — Let your light shine.
Four decades of learning in the heart of Barama — a higher secondary school where strong foundations, honest sport and quiet libraries shape young people who carry their light into the world.
- Students
- 1,200+
- Students
- Faculty & staff
- 60+
- Faculty & staff
- Years of heritage
- 40+
- Years of heritage
- Established
- 1985
- Founded by Rev. Fr. Kulandaisamy
- Affiliation
- SEBA & AHSEC
- Board of Secondary Education, Assam
- Managed by
- Diocese of Bongaigaon
- A religious minority institution
- Campus
- Barama, Baksa
- Beside NH-27, 90 km from Guwahati
Estd. 1985
Barama · Assam
Welcome
A school Barama has trusted since 1985
St. John's Higher Secondary School stands beside NH-27 in Barama, Baksa district — ninety kilometres from Guwahati and one of the most promising institutions in the Bodoland Territorial Region.
The school was established in 1985 by Rev. Fr. Kulandaisamy and inaugurated by Dr. Bhumidhar Barman, then Minister of Education for Assam. A religious minority institution managed by the Diocese of Bongaigaon, it follows the principles and methods of Catholic schools the world over.
Teaching runs from pre-kindergarten to Class XII under the SEBA curriculum, with the Higher Secondary section affiliated to AHSEC, Guwahati. Generations of families have passed through these gates — many of today's pupils are the children of our alumni.
- Registration No.
- 03R/806
- UDISE Code
- 18240303508
From the Principal's desk
SJHSS is a school of and for thinkers. Boredom or apathy is not found here.
It is my great pleasure to extend a warm welcome to you all to St. John's Higher Secondary School, Barama. Your child will be prepared for rapidly changing times with intellectual curiosity, creativity and problem-solving skills.
We believe that education is about gaining knowledge and developing a strong sense of character, values and ethics.
Fr. David Soundraraj
Principal
What we stand for
Six things every Johnian carries out of these gates
The school's founding commitments, unchanged since 1985 — and still the measure of what happens in every classroom, laboratory and playing field.
Integral education
Not marks alone. Every Johnian is taught to grow academically, morally, socially and physically together — the whole person, at every stage from pre-kindergarten to Class XII.
Self-confidence
Assembly readings, house captaincies, quizzes, debates and the stage at every festival — children here are given the microphone early and learn to stand behind their own words.
Hard work
A settled daily rhythm of study, practicals, revision and games. Boarders and day scholars alike keep the same disciplined hours, and results follow the habit.
Academic excellence
A record in the SEBA and AHSEC examinations that has produced state rank holders across four decades — including a 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th place in the HSLC.
Culture and tradition
Assamese, Bodo and Hindi are taught alongside English, and Bihu, Bodo dance, Unity in Diversity day and the literary festival keep the region's traditions inside the school year.
Enterprise
Career guidance, the food festival, work-experience periods and project work train students to think like makers and problem-solvers, not only as candidates for an examination.
The Johnian journey
Five stages, from the first rhyme to the board examination
The school follows the stages set out in the National Education Policy 2020 — a continuous ladder from pre-kindergarten through to Class XII, taught on one campus.
Foundational
01Pre-KG to Class II
Children learn more in their first six years than in all the rest, so the school begins at three — with rhymes, reading, art, craft and play as the real curriculum.
- English & Mathematics
- Environmental Science
- Rhymes, art, craft, games
Preparatory
02Class III to V
Play, discovery and activity-based classroom learning, with the three languages of the region taught alongside English from the primary years.
- Assamese, Hindi, Bodo
- General & Social Science
- Computer Science
Middle school
03Class VI to VIII
Experiential learning across the sciences, mathematics, the arts, social sciences and humanities — the years in which study habits are set for good.
- Experiential science
- Moral science
- Work experience
Secondary
04Class IX to X
The SEBA years. Multi-disciplinary study, critical thinking and a first real choice of subjects, with the HSLC board examination at the end of Class X.
- SEBA curriculum
- Elective: Computer Sc. / Adv. Maths
- HSLC board examination
Higher Secondary
05Class XI to XII
A two-year AHSEC course in Science, Commerce or Arts — English and MIL compulsory, four electives chosen from the published combinations, and laboratory practicals throughout.
- Science · Commerce · Arts
- AHSEC affiliated
- Four science laboratories
Choosing a stream for Class XI?
Science, Commerce and Arts are all offered under AHSEC, with English and MIL compulsory and four electives chosen from the published combinations.
Campus
Everything the day needs, inside one boundary wall
Digital classrooms, four science laboratories, a maths lab, two computer labs, a ten-thousand-book library, hostels, an auditorium and grounds for four sporting codes.
Library
More than 10,000 books
A digitalised library covering every academic discipline, with storybooks, encyclopedias, general knowledge titles and a reference area for teachers and board classes — run by a qualified librarian.
Science
Four laboratories
Separate chemistry, physics, botany and zoology labs, stocked with apparatus, chemicals, slides, charts, models and specimens matched to the syllabus. Forty-five to fifty students work at once.
Computing
89 computers, two labs
One lab for the primary section and one for the high school and higher secondary, both air-conditioned, with interactive whiteboards and a dedicated optical-fibre broadband line.
Smart class
Technology-enabled classrooms
Interactive whiteboards and short-throw projectors in the classrooms, with courseware developed in collaboration with EBIX Smart Class Educational Services.
Boarding
Hostels for boys and girls
St. John's Boys' Hostel and Fatima Convent Girls' Hostel — supervised study hours, mess and warden care for students whose villages are too far for the daily journey.
Grounds
Four codes, one field
Well-structured grounds for basketball, volleyball, football and cricket, an indoor games hall, and a high-tech auditorium for seminars and assemblies.
RFID gate attendance
Students scan in and out at the gate, so attendance and who is on the premises are known in real time.
School app for parents
Updates, academic progress, teacher messages, form submissions and secure online payments in one Android app.
Under CCTV surveillance
The campus is monitored throughout, and gate access is restricted to authorised persons only.
Four school buses
Routes to Barama, Nalbari and Tihu via Kodomtola, Patacharkuchi, Nityananda and Pathsala.
Results & achievement
Four decades of state rank holders
Johnians have placed in the state merit lists of the SEBA examinations across the school's history, and the trophy room fills a little more each year.
- 3rdJinti DeviHSLC 2018
- 4thAshim MazumdarHSLC 2015
- 5thPhalguni SarmaHSLC
- 7thManoj Swargiary, IPSState rank
- 7thNitisha SivamHSLC 2018
- 8thEvan KashyapHSLC
- Books in the library
- 10,000+
- Books in the library
- Computers across two labs
- 89
- Computers across two labs
- Maths lab activities
- 1,000+
- Maths lab activities
- Science laboratories
- 4
- Science laboratories
Beyond the classroom
The half of school that never appears on a mark sheet
Sport, stage, service and leadership run right through the Johnian year — and for most of our students they are what they remember longest.
Cultural and literary festival
Bihu and Bodo dance, music, recitation and the inter-house literary competitions that fill the school stage through the year.
Scouts, Guides and investiture
House captains, prefects and the Scouts and Guides take their pledge each year and carry the responsibility for the school's daily discipline.
Yoga, health and service
International Yoga Day on the lawn, health and hygiene drives, and the social outreach that the school's mission asks of every Johnian.
Vision & Mission
Working solely for God and for humanity
Our Vision
Empowering students through excellence in education to shape a better future for humankind, and to share the fruit of it among the people of the BTR and Assam — working solely for God and for humanity.
Our Mission
To spread the light of knowledge and wisdom by accompanying young people who are academically accomplished, emotionally balanced, morally upright, socially responsible, ecologically sensitive and professionally dedicated — a force for the transformation of society.
Our Motto
“Let Your Light Shine” inspires us to spread the light of love and knowledge, expelling the darkness of evil and ignorance. The motto was set to music as the school anthem in 1986.
Voices
What our families say
Students, parents and alumni on four decades of St. John's.
St. John's gave me more than marks — it gave me the discipline to study on my own and the confidence to speak in any room. The teachers knew every one of us by name.
Former Student
Alumni · HS Batch of 2018
As parents we wanted a school that is serious about studies but also kind to children. For both our daughters, St. John's has been exactly that for nine years now.
Parent
Guardian · Classes VII & X
The library, the labs, the morning assembly — everything here has a rhythm. You come to school knowing what is expected of you, and you leave having done it.
Student
Class XII · Science Stream
Gallery
Glimpses of a Johnian year
Sports day podiums, Unity in Diversity, Olympiad certificates, the first computer lesson and the last farewell — photographs from around the school.
Give your child a place in the St. John's story
Admission is open for Nursery and LKG, and registration is open for Class XI. Visit the school office on any working day, write to us, or begin with the admission page — we will walk you through the rest.
Nursery & LKG
Foundational stage admission for the new session.
Class XI registration
Science, Commerce and Arts streams under AHSEC.
Transfer cases
Enquire at the school office on any working day.
Barama, Baksa, Assam — 781346, India+91 88762 81051
Estd. 1985 · Let Your Light Shine