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St. Paul's Matriculation Higher Secondary School

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St. Paul's Matriculation Higher Secondary School
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Tamil Nadu
607801

Information
Motto"Faith, Love, Service"
Sister schoolSt.Joseph's of Cluny, Neyveli
School districtCuddalore
PrincipalRev. Fr. Simon Antony Raj. P
LanguageEnglish
Campus typeBoys
Websitestpaulsneyveli.org

St. Paul's Matriculation Higher Secondary School is an all-boys Catholic secondary school in Neyveli, Tamil Nadu, India.

The school was founded in 1972[1] by Rev. Fr. John Duraisamy, who requested the Archbishop of Pondy Cuddalore to open an all-boys English-language school in Neyveli. St.Paul's Matriculation Higher Secondary School is a brother institution of St.Joseph's of Cluny, Neyveli. St.Joseph's of Cluny started on 15 July 1968, swelled into 2300 students by 1975, with only VII standards. The segregation of the boys in a separate school was very keenly felt, and the time, in the providence of God, was not yet ripe.[citation needed] The challenge of opening this boys' school was accepted by the then Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore on 29 June 1977 and was inaugurated by MR. Radhakrishnan, the Deputy Chief Personnel Manager of Neyveli Lignite Corporation. Since then the school has grown into a Higher Secondary School with a strength of more than 3800 students.

A statue of Paul holding a scroll (symbolising the Scriptures) and the sword (symbolising his martyrdom).

Uniform

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Students of this school are required to wear a uniform consisting of a

  • White shirt
  • Maroon shorts
  • Maroon socks
  • Black shoes
  • Maroon tie

Campus and surrounding area

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The school is located in Block-4 in Neyveli, 2 km from the city's central bus stand. It is connected by the city's bus services and the school's own buses. Students at this school come from Vadalur, Kurinjipadi, Vriddhachalam, Mandharakuppam, Panruti and surrounding areas.

The school has an auditorium used for events, competitions, and exams, as well as a playground.

Curriculum

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The school is recognised by the Government of Tamil Nadu. The curriculum is Matriculation until class 10. Classes 11 and 12 follow the state board curriculum. Tamil and Hindi are offered as second languages. (Tamil Nadu follows the two-language formula, where besides English students opt for a second language subject).[2]

Notable alumni

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1994 Jestes Antony Tamil Nadu State State Player of the Millenium in the year 2000, Forward AGORC Team
1985 Prabu Solomon Indian film director who primarily works on Tamil films
1995 Sivakumar Sethuraman Head of Stripe Delivery Center, Formerly Head of Google Cloud Programs India & Head - Facebook India Office
1997 Dr. Albert Baskar Scientist - Seoul National University Hospital Seoul, Republic of Korea
1999 Er.SenthilKumar IDAS, Assnt Controller, Ministry of Defence ..First Student passed in UPSC Civil Service Examination
2001 Dr. Samleo Leveen Joseph AI Robotic researcher[3] (City University of New York).. Vice President at JPMorgan Chase
2010 Imran Khan Football Player Represented India under 19 AFC for INDIA
2012 Sajan Prakash Swimmer - Represents India at the International level

References

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  1. ^ "History".
  2. ^ B. Mallikarjun. "LANGUAGE(S) IN THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM: CHALLENGES OF THE NEW MILLENIUM". LANGUAGE IN INDIA. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
  3. ^ "Samleo Lev'n Joseph". scholar.google.com.
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