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In course of time
High Schools were set up in favourable centres. To-day there are in the Diocese, 29 Higher Secondary Schools
and 4 High Schools. Some of them
like the 2 High Schools for Boys founded by the C.M.S. In Palamcottah (1871) and
Tirunelveli (1880), Megnanapuram (1891) and their S.P.G. counterparts St. John's
Girls' High School, Nazareth, the first High School for Girls in the whole of
South India (I 886), Caldwell High School ) Tuticorin (I 883) and Victoria
Girls' High School, Tuticorin (1887)(Picture on inside back cover) have since
become Higher Secondary Schools and hit their centuries in recent years.
Later on the burden
of starting and maintaining the High Schools has been increasingly taken over by
the sponsoring local Churches, the Diocese being responsible for providing the
staff and exercising general supervision over them.
The local Church very often finds the necessary land, raises the money
for the buildings and endowment, and makes an annual contribution towards the
cost of running the School. It has its representatives on the Governing Board of the
School. Thus the School is knit
into the life of the Church, each necessarily having a concern for the other.
Students and members of the Staff help in the Church Choir, evangelistic
efforts of the Church, harvest festivals etc; and the coming up of a High School
has invariably contributed to the prosperity of the local Church and the
fullness of its spiritual life.
It is a matter for gratification that our schools have been able to maintain consistently high standards in education. This has been reflected not only in the creditable results in Government examinations, but also in our schools distinguishing themselves in extra-curricular activities. Exemplary hostels and boarding houses, facilities for Scouting, N.C.C. and A.C.C. training, organised sports and games, the School Choir have all been contributing to the development of body, mind and spirit of the several lakhs of boys and girls who have been passing through them.
The High Schools and Higher Secondary Schools in the Diocese are:
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Baronbruck Higher Secondary School, Bangalow Surandai |
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Caldwell Memorial Centenary Higher Secondary School, Idaiyangudi |
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Cathedral Higher Secondary School, Palayamkottai |
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Mary Sergeant Girls Higher Secondary School, Palayamkottai |
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Samaria St. John's Higher Secondary School, Thisaiyanvilai |
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Sarah Tucker Girls Higher Secondary School, Palayamkottai |
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Schaffter Higher Secondary School, Tirunelveli |
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St. John's Higher Secondary School, Palayamkottai |
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St. Peter's Higher Secondary School, Ukkirankottai |
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Walker Higher Secondary School, Dhonavur |
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West Tirunelvely Higher Secondary School, Nallur |
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T.D.T.A. High School, Melaseval |
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