Loyola Higher Secondary School, Kuppayanallur
Location
Kuppayanallur, Kanchipuram district
,
India
Coordinates12°35′50″N 79°45′31″E / 12.59722°N 79.75861°E / 12.59722; 79.75861
Information
TypePrivate secondary school
Religious affiliation(s)Catholicism
DenominationJesuits
Established12 June 1995 (1995-06-12)
OversightJesuits Chennai Mission
Staff33
Grades6 through 12[1]
GenderCo-educational
Enrollment
  • 770 students
  • c.70% Dalit
LanguageTamil

Loyola Higher Secondary School is a private Catholic secondary school located in Kuppayanallur, in the Kanchipuram district of Tamil Nadu, India. The Tamil-medium, co-educational high school was founded by the Jesuits in 1995[2] and educates students from grades six through twelve.

History

Loyola Higher Secondary 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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]

See also

References

  1. Canisius College intern. Accessed 14 August 2016.
  2. "Jesuit Chennai Mission". jesuitchennaimission.org. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  3. "Loyola Higher Secondary School, Kuppayanallur". Jesuit Madurai Province. 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  4. "Kanchipuram district" (PDF). Tamil Nadu Government. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  5. Nevett Fund. Accessed 14 August 2016.
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