Some 130 girls were taken over from the nearby Jesuit school currently called St Britto.

The first inspection took place in October of that year, though the school was not yet officially recognised.

Facing a lack of water, very little money, and hard times, they were housed in the building which would later become the kindergarten.

Following the end of Portuguese rule in Goa, Mapusa developed into a centre for the surrounding areas.

Plans for the new school were drawn up, but the prospects of raising the Rs 48,00,000 did not seem promising.