Loyola Higher Secondary School, Kuppayanallur

Loyola Higher Secondary School, Kuppayanallur, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu, India, is a secondary school run by the Jesuits.[2] It is a Tamil-medium, coeducational high school that by 1995 had grown to cover grades six through twelve.

Loyola Higher Secondary School, Kuppayanallur
Location
Kuppayanallur, Kanchipuram Dist., Tamil Nadu, India
Information
TypeJesuit, Catholic
Established1995 (1995)
Staff33
Grades6 through 12[1]
GenderCoeducational
Enrollment770 c. 70% dalit
AffiliationJesuit Chennai Mission
LanguageTamil

History

Loyola school was upgraded from the parish primary school in Ongur, a close-by village, to a middle school, then a high school and finally to a higher secondary school. The first batch of 59 SSLC Students wrote their public exam in 1997 and secured 71% pass, which had risen to 95.4% in 2007. The school is recognized but not aided by the Tamil Nadu government.[3] It is a co-educational Tamil-medium school run by the Jesuits preferentially for the education of the dalit children of the four Jesuit parishes and more than 20 villages.[4]

References
  1. Canisius College intern. Accessed 14 August 2016.
  2. "Jesuit Chennai Mission". jesuitchennaimission.org. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  3. Tamil Nadu government. Accessed 14 August 2016.
  4. Nevett Fund. Accessed 14 August 2016.

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