ST XAVIER'S COLLEGE MAHUADANR

St Xavier’s College, a co-educational institution was established on 01.08.2011 at Mauadanr, district Latehar, Jharkhand by the Hazaribag Jesuit Education Soceity by the Hazariag Jesuit Province to impart quality education to the under-privileged and indigenous students.
The college constrution is a generious donation from the people of Australia and Jesuit mission as well as Hazaribag Jesuits.
However, admissions are irrespective of caste, creed, gender and economic disparities and even from outside the Chechari valey, particularly for girls. Its setting is gorgeous with Netahar hill-station, Burha-hills, Aksi-hills and Champa- hills in the east, west, north and south. Earlier, the nearest degree-college was 100 kilometres away from Mahuadanr.
The founding Principal Fr. Gilbert D’Souza, S.J., a visionary, thinker and motivator moved the teachers and students forward, using the expertise of having been the Principal of St Xavier’s College Ranchi during 1993-2000. Initially, classes were conducted in St. Joseph's +2 School and St. Teresa Girls’ High School, Mahuadanr.
The college was officially inaugurated on 03.12.2011 by Mr. Inder Singh Namdhari, the first speaker of Jharkhand and then Member of Parliament, Chatra, Jharkhand.
In 2014, the classes shifted to the new college building. To date, eight batches of undergraduate students have passed out, some securing gold medals and many obtaining top 10 positions in the Nilamber-Pitamber University, Medininagar. This is due to the relentless efforts of the administration and staff and the cooperation of parents, benefactors and well-wishers.
Offering undergraduate courses in Arts, Humanities, Commerce and Science, the college is determined to transform the students by transcending educational levels through classes, guidance, seminars, workshops and extra-curricular activities, focussing on competence and excellence. The college has sufficient rooms for classes, laboratories and activities. Education and formation of the youth always remain the priority.
Besides academic excellence which helps to enhance personality emphasis is also on moral and human values. Combining strict discipline and freedom of thought the students are helped to become responsible citizens. Their employability is strengthened by the college’s certificate courses. The traditional ‘chalk and talk’ system is replaced by the latest teaching-learning practices. The college’s website www.sxcm.co.in is informative.
All-round development being our priority, students are helped with contextualized study through diverse academic activities and competitions, to develop skills in entrepreneurship, leadership, management, communication, presentation, creativity etc. to plunge into the highly competitive world. Internships, field-trips and educational tours are arranged for exploration and discovery to critically examine the classroom learning.
Academic and personal counselling is arranged for personal and development guidance. The resulting rapport helps the students with the challenges in studies, growth and career-planning. Co-curricular and extra-curricular activities facilitate creative and critical thinking. Along with socio-moral values, compassion, value for one’s culture, rights and duties, they make them good and versatile persons and leaders with dreams for new heights. We visualize them to ‘walk with heads erect in God’s free air’ and work together as nation building patriots of justice and nationalism, not jingoism.
Fr. Dr. Lawrence Tirkey SJ succeeded Fr Gilbert D’Souza SJ on 1.5.2014. Both deserve thanks for their leadership. Dr. Fr. MK Jose SJ became Principal on 15.10.2015.
Annually only around 130 took admission; there was doubt about quality education in Mahuadanr. Getting good professors and affiliation-renewal were genuine concerns. Fees being low financial help was needed from the Jesuit head-quarters. But the sustained motivation of the Principal and others was such, that quality education was given to the poor in remote area and more than 50% of the beneficiaries were girls.