Up to 1965 all the establishments of the FIC Brothers were to be found in Central Java, round
the volcano Merapi. In 1965 a junior and a senior secondary school for boys was set up in
Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia.
The reasons to start this establishment:
- the wish to have a pied-à-terre for all comers;
- the desirability to have an establishment close to the Ministry of Education in view of
administrative interests;
-the direct reason was: a request from the Archbishop of Jakarta, Mgr A.Djajaseputra
SJ to start a secondary school for boys, alongside the one for girls run by the Sisters of
Charity of Saint Charles Borromeo in Kebayoran, in South-Jakarta.
A) July 1965 saw the start of a junior (SMP) and a senior (SMA, later SMU) secondary school
for boys managed by the school foundation Pangudi Luhur in Semarang. The two schools
now have about 500 pupils each. They started in the school building at Brawijaya IV in
Kebayoran Baru, both exclusively for boys, in accordance with the wish of the Archbishop.
About 1970 the building proved to be too small for the steadily growing number of pupils,
and so the SMP moved to Cipeté, south of Kebayoran Baru, to a new location. As the
distance to the girls'school was longer now, it was decided to open these two schools for
both boys and girls. The SMA/U has continued as a boys'school so far.
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| The school lobby |
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| Students leaving the school |
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B) In 1973 a primary school (SD) and a kindergarten (TK) were added on in Cipeté, more to
the south of Kebayoran Baru. The SD comprises 6 courses and has grown into a school
with 4 parallel classes, the TK having become triple, which shows that they addressed a
real need. When they started, the region was scarcely populated, with a lot of gardens.
Now it has become a specific part of the large town. The total number of pupils is about
1000. (situation May, 2001)
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Main building of the TK
and SD Pangudi Luhur
with a large car park |
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Some of the youngest pupils
of the primary school |
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Large classes -
about 40 pupils each |
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