Address	:	St. Antony’s Convent Inter College, 71 Dayanand Marg Allahabad – 211 002
Phone	:	0532-2461245
Manager	:	Rev. Sr. Elsie Pallipatt FDCC
Principal	:	Rev. Sr. Bessie Leon FDCC
Medium	:	Hindi/English
Board	:	Uttar Pradesh

A Brief History:
St. Anthony’s Convent was opened on 21st November 1923. The Canossian Sisters came here from Belgaum at the request of Bishop Angelo Poli, O.F.M Cap, the then Bishop of Allahabad who wanted the sisters to start an English medium school and a boarding for poor Indian Christian girls. The pioneers were M. Margaret Cambiaghi the first Superior and Headmistress, M. Victoria Suares, M. Louisa Fernandes, M. Enrichetta Cazzaniga and M. Maria Ferrario.

On 15th January 1924 the school was opened with seven girls, who were all boarders. Thus the school and boarding started on the same day. In July the same year the dispensary too was started. The school continued as a primary school for many years with enrolment increasing from year to year, so also the boarding. The sisters tried to get the school recognized, but it was not given recognition as there already existed St. Mary’s Convent School in English Medium. In October 1947 M. Olive Rodrigues came here to take charge of the school, as until then there was no separate person for the school. In February 1948 it was recognized as a Junior High School with Hindi as medium.

In 1951, the school was recognized as a High School. The first batch of students appeared for the High School Examination of the U.P Board in 1953. They were only four but all passed. In 1955 M. Olive was transferred to Alleppey and M. Amelia Menezes took charge of the school from July 1955. Up to 1958 there were both boys and girls in the primary classes. In 1958 a separate primary school was started for boys with English as medium.

The school continued as High School up to 1960 with increasing enrolment. In 1960, an application for the recognition of Intermediate was submitted. It was granted but information was received late in July 1961. By then all the students who had passed High School had joined other colleges. So the Board allowed Intermediate classes from 1962, with first batch of students appearing for the Intermediate Examination of the U.P Board in 1964.

From 1962 to 1969 no other recognition was granted even though applications were submitted for ‘Art’ in the Intermediate and Instrumental Music in the High School and Intermediate and for Science in the High School.

The reason for the refusal for recognition was “non-submission” of the scheme of Administration. During this period, the R.I.G.S (Regional Inspector of Girls’ Schools) and the Board asked if we had submitted our scheme of Administration. In reply we quoted a letter of the D.D.R by which we had exempted the Institution from submitting the scheme of Administration. This was not accepted and so the scheme of administration was submitted and approved by the D.D.R in 1969.

On the advice of the D.D.R and the consent of the R.I.G.S and the repeated remarks made by the auditors, the primary classes along with their staff were separated in 1970. In 1970 recognition was granted High School Science and in 1972 for Inter Science. Mother Amelia Menezes who was the Principal since 1955 retired from service in July 1974. Sr. Rosaline Jacob took charge of the college from 1974.She continued as Principal till 1982. In 1976, the Institution was declared a minority Institution by the then R.I.G.S. Sr. Rosaline was on leave from 1982 and Mrs. Leela De a senior teacher was acting as Principal in her absence. In July 1983 Sr. Marisa Mathew took charge of the College.

We got recognition for Intermediate Home Science in 1989 and in 1995 for High School Commerce. Due to increasing number of girls a separate section was started in August 1991. At the same time it was also decided to close the existing Boys section in English Medium from K.G to class V by not taking admission in K.G from July 1992. The Boys Section was finally closed down by April 1997. This was done by eliminating one class every year.

Superiors, Principals and Headmistresses since 1923

S. No	Superior	Term of Office	H.S/ College Principal	Term of Office
1	M. Maria Cambhiaghi	Nov.1923- Dec. 1930	M. Maria Cambhiaghi	Jan.1924 - Dec 1930
2	M. Josephine D’Souza	Dec. 1930- Feb. 1932	M. Josephine D’Souza	Dec.1930- Feb 1932
3	M. Maria Groni	Feb. 1932- July 1934	M. Maria Groni	Feb. 1932- July 1934
4	M. Genevieve Perlini	July 1934 – July 1943	M. Genevieve Perlini	July 1934 - July 1943
5	M. Rita Gilardi	July 1943 – Feb 1944	M. Rita Gilardi	July 1943 – Feb 1944
6	M. Genevieve Perlini	Feb 1944 - July 1944	M. Genevieve Perlini	Feb 1944 - July 1944
7	M. Maria Comelli	July 1944 – Oct. 1947	M Maria Comelli	July 1944 - Oct 1947
8	M. Maria Comelli	Oct. 1947 - March 1951	M. Olive Rodrigues	Oct. 1947- March 1951
9	M. Rosetta Vigano	March 1951 – June 1952	M. Olive Rodrigues	1951 – 1955
10	M. Ernestina Colombo	1952 – 1957	M. Amelia Menezes	1955 – 1957
11	M. Maria Comelli	1957 - 1963	M. Amelia Menezes	1957 – 1963
12	M. Rosetta Vigano	1963 – 1970	M. Amelia Menezes	1963 - 1970
13	M. Teresina Callegarin	1970 - 1973	M. Amelia Menezes	1970 – 1974
14	M. Amelia Menezes	1973 – 1976	Sr. Rosaline Jacob	1974 – 1976
15	M. Giannina Radaelli	1976 – 1979	Sr. Rosaline Jacob	1976 - 1979
16	M. Teresa Sebastian	1979 - 1982	Sr. Rosaline Jacob	1979 – 1982
17	M. Grace Mathew	1982 – 1986	Mrs. Leela De’	1982 – 1983
18	M. Teresina Callegarin	1986 – 1989	Sr. Marisa Mathew	1983 – 1989
19	Sr. Esme Da Cunha	1989 - 1991	Sr. Marisa Mathew	1989 - 1991
20	Sr. Marisa Mathew	1991- 1998	Sr. Marisa Mathew	1991 - 1998
21	Sr. Mary Joseph	1998 - 2002	Sr. Marisa Mathew	1998 – 2002
22	Sr. Nita Chacko	2002 – 2004	Sr. Mary Joseph	2002 – 2004
23	Sr. Ita Fernandes	2004 – 2007	Sr. Mary Joseph	2004 – 2007
24	Sr. Rosamma Kakkaniyil	2007 – 2010	Sr. Mary John Palekudiel	2007 – 2010
25	Sr. Rosamma Kakkaniyil	2010 - 2013	Sr. Mary John Palekudiel	2010 – 2012
26	Sr. Monica	2013 – to date	Sr. Bessie Leon	2012 – to date