It was on 7th May 2007 the S.F.S. School Basar was inaugruated. It began with 41 kids in the roll for classes LKG and UKG with minimum conveniences in a temporary building. It was a bold step taken by the North East India province of Missionaries of Francis De Sales congregation to impart quality education to the children of Basar and its neighborhood who speak Galo dialect. The land for the school was identified by Mr. GumrikBasar and purchased by the Fransalian Society Pasighat . The Province identified Fr. LukoseKavunkal Msfs to begin the project. Fr. Lukose came to the station in the year 2005 and began his work in contacting the people and getting acquainted with the administration and local people.

The School is situated at Gori II village in a beautiful and serene atmosphere, not far from the Basar town and at the same time not so close to the town to get distracted of town’s daily routine. The school slowly got recognized by the Directorate of Education of the Government of Arunachal Pradesh. It has been serving the people of the locality by giving quality education and meaning full formation to their children.Basar is an education hub of Arunachal Pradesh. There is a government college and a higher secondary school and a number of government and private schools in Basar. The MSFS opened SFS School in 2006, with admitting children to both LKG and UKG. The first batch of class X students passed out in 2017. At present, there is a well-built three-story school building. There are around 340 children, taught by 11 staff members and 6 religious’ staff. Of the 340 students, 110 stay in the hostel. Fr LukoseKavunkal served as the superior and headmaster from 2005-2011 after which Fr. Thomas Paul Varapadavil served the school from 2011 to 2015. Fr LukoseKavunkal was again appointed as the principal from 2015 till now.

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