St Joseph's School, Darjeeling

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St Joseph's School, popularly known as North Point, is a private day and boarding school for boys in Darjeeling, India, owned and managed by the Jesuits. The school was originally called St Joseph's College until the college section broke away from the school section.

The name North Point came about because the school is in that area of Darjeeling. The Kangchenjunga mountain range forms the backdrop to the school, with Grecian columns and cuneiform windows enclosing a quadrangle in the centre.

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Publications and media

According to the EW Survey of Schools, conducted by Education World Magazine, North Point is one of the best boarding/residential schools in India.North Point is ranked as the best boarding school in West Bengal and the third best boarding school in India in the Education-World C-fore Survey 2016.

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Notable alumni

Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev - former King of Nepal
Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev - former King of Nepal
Jigme Singye Wangchuck - former King of Bhutan
Yeshey Zimba - Prime Minister of Bhutan
Lawrence T. Picachy - Archbishop of Calcutta and Cardinal
Lawrence Durrell - poet and novelist
Louis Banks - jazz artist
Erick Avari - actor
Michael Ferreira - world billiards champion
Jamyang Norbu - Tibetan activist and author
Dawa Tshering - former foreign minister of Bhutan (longest-serving foreign minister in the world)
Tsoltim Ngima Shakabpa - a Tibetan banker, activist, writer and poet