Loyola Higher Secondary School, Kuppayanallur

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Loyola Higher Secondary School, Kuppayanallur
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Loyola Higher Secondary School, Kuppayanallur
Kuppayanallur, Kanchipuram district
,
India
Coordinates 12°35′50″N79°45′31″E / 12.59722°N 79.75861°E / 12.59722; 79.75861 Coordinates: 12°35′50″N79°45′31″E / 12.59722°N 79.75861°E / 12.59722; 79.75861
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Type Private secondary school
Religious affiliation(s) Catholicism
Denomination Jesuits
Established12 June 1995;25 years ago (1995-06-12)
OversightJesuits Chennai Mission
Staff33
Grades6 through 12 [1]
GenderCo-educational
Enrollment
  • 770 students
  • c.70% Dalit
Language Tamil

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.[ citation needed ]

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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]

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