The Salesian Society, founded by Don Bosco, is a worldwide educational organization with more than 3000 Secondary School, colleges, Agricultural and Technical School and Youth centres throughout the world.

St. Don Bosco - founder

The founder of all this worldwide network of educational institutions of the most varied kinds was John Bosco who was born in a little village in Northern Italy in 1815. By hard work and persevering efforts he became a priest and decided to dedicate his life to the welfare of the poor youth. His ideas were so far in advance of his times as to be revolutionary. He opened Youth centres, oraganised evening classes for working boys, taught them trade and made them useful citizens.

To continue his good work he invited helpers and founded a Congregation, which is called Salesians after St. Francis of Sales. Today he is known the world over as Don Bosco. More than 20,000 Salesians have dedicated their lives to realize the dream of their founder working in over 115 countries.

The first batch of six Salesians headed by Fr. George Tomatis arrived in Thanjavur in 1906. After labouring for twenty-two years here, they had to leave this place for North Arcot Mission. Fifty-two years later, in 1980, the Salesians made a re-entry in Thanjavur. In 1982, the new building of Don Bosco Apostolic School was built on the land donated by the Diocese of Thanjavur.

This centre consists of a matriculation Hr. Sec., and Private primary schools. The other activities are Sunday oratories and youth centre.

The Dominic Savio Preparatory School was founded on 10^th June 1985. This school is conducted by the Salesians of Don Bosco. The aim of the school is to train the mind and will of the children from a very early age, to give them a sound foundation in all the subjects and to develop in them all the Moral and Social habits which are the basis for the formation of an upright citizen.

School Front View

1. Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary school founded in 1983 and recognized under the code of Regulations for Matriculation School, Tamil Nadu vide D.D is No. 190117/E3/83 dated 4^th April 1984 of the Director of School Education, Madras – 600 006 is a Catholic institution . It is conducted by the Salesians of Don Bosco. It is a minority school.
2. The School has an aspirantate intended for Catholic boys who wish to became Salesian Priests.
3. The institution aims primarily at providing a through Catholic Education for boys of Catholic parentage. However, it welcomes students of other religions as well.
4. Don Bosco – Thanjavur , is one of the numerous Don Bosco schools. In Don Bosco schools the center of attention is the student. These schools have been established only for his education, that is moral, intellectual, disciplinary and physical formation.
5. Our schools are centers of learning. A Don Bosco school seeks to adapt its programme and curriculum to the needs of the young boys in the places where the school is established. Don Bosco schools aims at academic excellence developing each student’s intellectual abilities to the utmost, not just simply to amass a lot of information, to get a job but lead students to self –discipline and initiative, to integrity and accuracy. This demands from the student the willingness to devote the require time for school and home study, and to avoid careless and slipshod ways of thinking.