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Don Bosco School Liluah, or DBL, is an all-boys, English medium school located in Liluah, near the city of Kolkata, India. It operates under the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations and takes students from the lower kindergarten through grade twelve.〔Don Bosco High & Technical School, Liluah. (Prospectus ). Retrieved 15 June 2013.〕 The school was established in 1937, and is run by the Salesians of Don Bosco S.D.B. which is a minority institution within the Catholic Church. The patron saint of the school is St. John Bosco, popularly known as Don Bosco. The motto of the school is "Virtus et Labor". The school celebrated its Platinum Jubilee in December 2012.〔Don Bosco High & Technical School, Liluah. (75th Anniversary ). Retrieved 15 June 2013.〕 ==History== The land for the school was bought in 1928 by the Salesian Provincial, and the church was built in 1937. It became the first parish church in the country dedicated to St. John Bosco. The technical school was begun in 1937 and started functioning in 1939.〔Puthanangady, Paul (2006). (''Research Seminar on the Life and Mission of the Salesians in South Asia: in the Context of the Centenary Celebrations of Salesian Presence in South Asia, Kristu Jyoti College, Bangalore, 1st to 5th January 2006'' ), pp. 81, 82, 122. Kristu Jyoti Publications.〕 The school was closed for four years from 1942 to 1946 for use by the army during the Second World War. It was recognized by the Government in August 1948, and in 1954 the first batch of students appeared for the Senior Cambridge Exams. In July 1958, the school auditorium was inaugurated. The main building of the school was inaugurated by the Archbishop of Calcutta in November 1959. In January 1977 the Free Night School was started, to cater to the needs of the poor children of the locality. The First Inter Schools cultural and co-curricular festival named as "Bosco Blow Up" was held on September 1977, with seven participant schools. Don Bosco Self-employment was started in August 1978 for the young men of the locality who are school drop-outs to enable them to learn a trade and earn their livelihood.〔 The new parish church was blessed in December 1984 by Rev. Fr. K.A. Joseph, the Salesian Provincial in the presence of Rev. Fr. Mariano Uguet, who had been instrumental in acquiring and setting up the institution, and Rev. Fr. Attilio Colussi, the first Rector. A computer centre was set up in December 1986, and the following year the school celebrated its Golden Jubilee, with a function presided over by the Governor of West Bengal Nurul Hasan. In 1997, DBL celebrated its Diamond Jubilee with a grand function presided over by the Governor of West Bengal K. V. Raghunatha Reddy. The 1990s also saw the commissioning of the north-eastern four storey building for the boarding pupils and the renovation of the Technical School building. Platinum Jubilee Celebrations In 2012, DBL celebrated its Platinum Jubilee with an eight-day festival held on the school grounds. A statue of Don Bosco was inaugurated by Rachhpal Singh, the Minister of Tourism, for West Bengal. Many past Rectors and Salesians of the school were present, including Fr. Peter Lourdes SDB, a student in the first cohort of DBL.〔ANS, Salesian News Service (13 December 2012). ("Platinum Jubilee of Don Bosco School, Liluah" ). Retrieved 15 June 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Don Bosco High & Technical School, Liluah」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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