Xavier’s School, Naramau, Kanpur, is a co-educational day school, established in 1986 and administered by a Christian Minority, i.e. Diocese of Allahabad under Article 30 (1) of the Constitution of India. The school is governed by Diocese of Allahabad Education Society, as registered body whose Director General is the Bishop. It exists principally to cater to the educational needs of the Catholic
children but admission is also open to non-Christians on the basis of merit without any discrimination of caste, creed or culture. James Francis became the Principal of the school. He brought about many changes in the school. He worked hard to improve the standard of the school. Fredrick D’Souza became the Principal in the year 1997. Due to his dedication and hard work the school got recognition for High School from the Uttar Pradesh Madhymik Parishad. He had the dream of upgrading the school to Intermediate, so the classes were started but due to various constraints could not secure recognition. Fredrick D’Souza lasted till 2005. Michael Martin took over as the Principal in the year 2005. Despite of his ill health, he paid utmost attention for the betterment of the school. Melwin Wilson D’Souza took over as the Principal in 2009. Since then the school has started to move on the upward trajectory. The principals were assisted by able Vice-Principals such as Late Rev. Michael D’Souza (1997 – 1999), Rev. Archibald D’Silva (1999 – 2002), Rev. Deepak Oswald D’Souza (2002 – 2003), Rev. Vincent Pereira (2003 – 2006), Rev. Prem Prakash Lakra (2006 – 2009) and presently Rev. Leslie Benedict Cutinha (2009 till date).
