The 8th period. The school boys are expecting the bell to ring. A heavy silence drops over the class. The teacher jabbering away is not heard as nobody is prepared to! With 7 mammoth periods behind them and the hot afternoon sun sending streams of perspiration down their back, the boys, just do not listen to the teacher. The jarring, though welcome, sound of the bell wakes a few back-benchers who have decided to take a nap. After five minutes are wasted in shouting across the class the prayer is said. All 40 boys in the class end up with finishing the prayer separately and the teacher gets annoyed. Then comes the fun! The cleaning time!

The Loyola Coaching Centre was started on November 2nd, 1992 by Fr. G. Alex, S.J. It caters to the marginalized and underprivileged students of the neighbourhood. At present the total strength of the Centre is nearly 500.

Science — A Process Approach, called SAPA in Loyola, was introduced way back in 1973 during the tenure of Fr. McGauley, who was the Principal then. Late Fr. Judge was instrumenta in bringing this methodology to Loyola.

In this Process Approach the complex set of skills used in conducting a scientific investigation are broken down into a number of processes for our students from KG to Std. 5 to develop a sound knowledge of science and its methods.