About the College

A little and unassuming Anglo-vernacular school built up by the Church Missionary Society at a leased working spot in Palayamkottai in 1844 was the minor seed from which developed St. John’s College, now a recognized foundation in the scholastic field. This school, first known as the English school and after that as the CMS School, was moved to Vannarpet in 1878, when it turned into the CM school and FA, i.e., Fellow of Arts, a two year intermediate course.

Tghe CM College was moved to Tirunelveli Town in 1880. The missionaries in the field were quick to build up the college as a focal point of evangelization. The Rev H. Schaffter, M.A., was its first Principal and he guided the predetermination of the College for 42 years from 1878 to 1920. Rev.H.Schaffter kept the College functioning with unflagging commitment and untiring efforts.

To add to its finance related challenges, the student enrolment in the college dropped extensively. Wary ordinarily and hampered by budgetary limitations, The Rev H. Schaffter turned down a proposition in 1888 to redesign the school by presenting degree courses. The monetary position of the college turned out to be crucial to the point that the CMS parent board of trustees in London twice proposed the ending up of the school itself. Nonetheless, in 1919, the missionaries in the organization figured out how to raise a few assets to avert the emergency.
The Tirunelveli Diocese is the main Diocese in India to pioneer the reason for education in the field of organization and the board of a college. It merits calling attention to here that the Tirunelveli Church was brought into the world with 40 souls in 1780, as proved in the primary church records kept up by the Rev Bobil. The principal product of the Protestant Missionary work in Tirunelveli zone was a Marathi Brahmin widow, Kohila. She had been spared from sati and was baptized as Clarinda in 1778. The development and improvement of the congregation is firmly connected to that of this college for more than one hundred and thirty years. The college owes its presence and survival to the early missionary associations – the CMS, the SPG and the present CSI Diocese of Tirunelveli. Gradually, yet relentlessly, the student enrolment in the school demonstrated an upward pattern.

The teething inconveniences of the college were, be that as it may, in any case not through. Grants from the CMS demonstrated inadequacy, and money related guidance had to be looked for from different quarters too. The Tirunelveli Diocese moved toward the SPG church for financial assistance. The SPG promptly consented to the proposition and naturally the old name, C M College, was surrendered, and another name, St. John’s College, symbolizing its nondenominational character, was settled on.

eExtension currently turned into a need and the ministers afresh needed to search for another site and they settled on the present area of the College in Palayamkottai. Regardless of solid restriction, the Rev H P Young, the second Principal of the College (1920 – 1935) did the moving of the College from Tirunelveli Town to Palaymkottai and the insight of his activity has abundantly been borne out by the trial of time. More than sixty acres of land in Palayamkottai High Grounds was gained. The establishment for the H shaped building at the present site was laid in 1925 and classes were begun here in 1928. With the most distant sightedness of the Rev Young in moving the school to this immense scope of land, St. John’s College has progressed toward becoming what it is today, with sufficient classrooms, lengthy corridors, bigger play areas, an auditorium, a great library and space for further extension.

During that time, help went to the tottering school in the individual of the Rev G T Selwyn, an English missionary who was its Principal from 1937 to 1945. Cherished by the majority in Tirunelveli, the Rev Selwyn recognized himself with the Indians and their way of life.

A huge expansion to the College amid the organization of the Rev Selwyn was a Chapel. Courses in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Logics were offered under Part III of the Intermediate Course. In 1943, Malayalam under Part II and Natural Science under Part III were incorporated. The College was redesigned in 1945 and degree courses in Mathematics and Economics were offered under Part III. At the point when the Rev Selwyn became the Bishop in Tirunelveli in 1945, the College was prepared to dispatch an ambitious development program.

Vision
St. John’s College, situated in the heart of Tirunelveli, serves the encompassing community by its obligation to develop its stuff. We strive hard to lead the students of this institution from the darkness of ignorance into the light of knowledge and wisdom with a definite focus on steady academic achievements. We are much committed to transmit our own exclusive rich heritage down to generations, thereby exclusively devoted to transfigure lives. We, being unique, stand as creators of better civilization.

Mission
To facilitate the learning and acquisition of knowledge with the aid of modern technology and other available resources.

To build the character and personality of the students with a strong moral and spiritual basis.

To strengthen the teaching and learning skills and to maintain a good academic ambience

To create social responsibility and global

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