Catholic Board Of Education

Our History

The Archdiocese of Karachi was separated from the Archdiocese of Bombay, it was erected into a diocese on the 28th May 1948, and two years later it was raised to the status of an Archdiocese. The Catholic Board of Education (CBE) established on 11th July 1961, is a legal body that manages educational institutions belonging to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Karachi. Its purpose is to define a common policy, frame rules & regulations for the staff, employees and school management, coordinate holidays, syllabi and textbooks. The CBE also serves as a co-ordination office of information and advice. There are 58 institutions affiliated with the CBE, 19 English Medium Schools, 2 Nurseries, 36 Urdu Medium Schools and 2 Colleges. Among the English Medium Schools there are 1 Technical School, 2 Primary Schools and 18 High Schools and Among the Urdu Medium Schools, there are 19 Primary / Lower Secondary and 16 High Schools and 1 Higher Secondary School. Under the direction of the His Grace Archbishop Joseph Coutts (President) CBE works through the Board of Governors, Standing Committees of the board (Executive, Academic and Finance), and the General Body. The General Body CBE, in addition to the members of the Board of Governors and the Standing Committee it also includes Principals/ Heads and Administrators of our Institutions. The Institutions of the Catholic Board of Education are registered with the Directorate of Education, Government of Sindh. Therefore all policies with regard to Education given by the government are followed by the CBE. The schools of the diocese have to comply with all the government rules and regulations, and from time to time there is inspection by the government officials.

Aims & Objectives

The following are the objectives of the Catholic Board of Education, Archdiocese of Karachi.

To ensure the provision of quality education to develop young people intellectually, morally, socially through academic and co-curricular activities so as to prepare them for life, work and citizenship.
To ensure all Catholic children receive an education as their basic right.
To ensure that the leadership of the educational institutions inspire confidence, openness and trust and encourage and support teachers in continuing their academic and professional development.
To govern all the educational institutions that is of and affiliated with CBEK.
To manage and maintain all the educational institutions that are of the CBEK
To develop and review academic, human resource, finance policies and procedures to ensure quality standards and effective management of the educational institutions.
To setup new educational institution and expand already existing institutions.
To collect fee and fund, organize fund raising and receive grants, bequest and donations or other financial assistance for any of the above purpose, aims and objectives to be utilized for the aforementioned aims and objectives.
To engage in meaningful cooperation, and develop meaningful linkages and partnerships where and when required with public and private institutions at local, national and global levels to improve quality of education and administration of its institutions.
May acquire property for the CBE with the approval of the Archbishop of Karachi, with all rights and titles to the acquired property, vesting in, and exclusively belonging to CBE,K for CBE,K.
To do any and all things necessary and incidental to the attainment of the aims and objectives as set forth above.
It is declared that the several clauses of this Article 3 and all the powers mentioned in it are to be cumulative and in no case is the generality of the Article to be narrowed or restricted by any particularity of any other clause, nor by any general expression in the same clause or the application of any rule of construction “ejusdem-generis” or otherwise.

Catholic Board Of Education Karachi