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Oriental High School was established and run by the church and its mission; therefore, its history is intertwined with that of church and mission. The Presbyterian Church of India is the offspring of Presbyterian Church of Wales. Formerly the Presbyterian Church of Wales was known as “The Walsh Calvinistic Methodist Church” and the Mission Board was known as “The welsh Calvinistic Methodists Foreign Missionary Society.” It was founded in 1840 with its headquarters at Liverpool, (Now at Cardiff, Capital of Wales).
In March, 1849, Rev and Mrs. William Pryse arrived at Cherapunjee. Mr. Pryse visited Sylhet at the end of the year and began his mission in the plains. In 1951, Rev. William Pryse paid a visit to Cachar plains pushing forward as far as Manipur Boarder. In 1856 Pryse opened a school in Silchar, the capital town; and also began a missionary work in the Cachar District. In 1863, a High school was opened in Silchar with 150 pupils’ enrolment.
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Oriental High School was established and run by the church and its mission. The foundation stone was laid by Rev. T.W Reese on May, 10, 1939; the new Girls’ Vocational school was opened by Miss Laura Evans, the senior Lady Missionary on the 20th of March, 1940 with 50 pupils on the roll. In this school they taught practical subjects such as cooking, housekeeping, child welfare, care of sick, Hygiene, Needle work and weaving. The school was upgraded up to VI in the year 1948. At the beginning of 1950 there were 75 girls in the school. Girls’ hostellers consists of 50 Cachar girls, 10 Pakistani girls, 4 Manipuri girls, 2 Lushais girls and 2 Khasis. They also had boys up to class 3 and they left for Government High School after that. Miss Nayak, P.Roy and Mrs. Ghose are visible as the prominent staff of the school from the Silchar Locality.
The name of the school was rechristened as "Oriental High School" in the year 1977. The first batch of HSLC candidates appeared in the year 1988. Then the Synod Mission Board of Mizoram Presbyterian Church built a magnificent school building adjacent to the old one and this was inaugurated on the 5th Day of May, 1999. In the same year, the school received full recognition from SEBA and it also celebrated its Diamond Jubilee.
Programmes of studies: The school follows the Academic programmes of studies under the Board of Secondary Education of Assam (SEBA). It offers studies in different languages viz. Bengali, Hindi, Manipuri and Mizo. It also offers elective subjects on Advance maths, Computers and Geography. As for language subject to the availability of Teachers from outside. The school offers studies in modern Information Technology by introducing Computers subjects.
Aims and Objects: The school aims at imparting sound and creative education by inculcating in the minds of the pupils, knowledge, wide outlooks, habits of piety, discipline and self-reliance so as to transform them into well-balanced men and women as well as good and productive citizens. We believe that the above aims and objectives can be achieved only though moral build up and fear of God.
Lalrinawma
Headmaster