The Lawrence School, Lovedale (formerly known as Lawrence Memorial Royal Military School), the namesake of its founder
Brigadier-General
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Sir
Henry Montgomery Lawrence
Brigadier-General Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence KCB (28 June 18064 July 1857) was a British military officer, surveyor, administrator and statesman in British India. He is best known for leading a group of administrators in the Punjab affectiona ...
KCB, is a
co-educational
Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to t ...
boarding school
A boarding school is a school where pupils live within premises while being given formal instruction. The word "boarding" is used in the sense of "room and board", i.e. lodging and meals. As they have existed for many centuries, and now exten ...
located at
Lovedale, which is a little town on the
Nilgiri Mountains
The Nilgiri Mountains form part of the Western Ghats in northwestern Tamil Nadu, Southern Karnataka, and eastern Kerala in India. They are located at the trijunction of three states and connect the Western Ghats with the Eastern Ghats. At le ...
in the
south India
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n state of
Tamil Nadu
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.
Lawrence had mooted the idea of establishing a chain of
British Raj
The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent;
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* it is also called Crown rule in India,
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or Direct rule in India,
* Quote: "Mill, who was himsel ...
military-style boarding schools at the
hill station
A hill station is a town located at a higher elevation than the nearby plain or valley. The term was used mostly in colonial Asia (particularly in India), but also in Africa (albeit rarely), for towns founded by European colonialists as refuges ...
s of India to educate the children of the deceased and serving members of the
British Indian Army
The British Indian Army, commonly referred to as the Indian Army, was the main military of the British Raj before its dissolution in 1947. It was responsible for the defence of the British Indian Empire, including the princely states, which co ...
. Although Lawrence was killed at
The Residency, Lucknow
The Residency, also called as the British Residency and Residency Complex, is a group of several buildings in a common precinct in the city of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. It served as the residence for the British Resident General who was a re ...
during the
Indian Rebellion of 1857
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown. The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 in the fo ...
his dream took shape and four such schools, known as the
Lawrence Military Asylums The Lawrence Military Asylums were a series of military-style boarding schools envisaged by Sir Henry Lawrence in the Indian subcontinent highlands for the sons and daughters of British soldiers. Two schools were established during Lawrence's lifeti ...
, were established: at
Sanawar
The Lawrence School, Sanawar, is the oldest Co-Ed boarding school in the world near Solan city. Established in 1847, its history, influence, and wealth have made it one of the most prestigious and oldest schools in Asia.
It is located in the ...
in 1847, and at
Mount Abu
Mount Abu () is a hill station in the Aravalli Range in Sirohi district of the state of Rajasthan in western India.The mountain forms a rocky plateau 22 km long by 9 km wide. The highest peak on the mountain is Guru Shikhar at above s ...
in 1856, both during his lifetime; then at
Lovedale,
Ootacamund
Ooty (), officially known as Udhagamandalam (also known as Ootacamund (); abbreviated as Udhagai), is a city and a municipality in the Nilgiris district of the South Indian States and territories of India, state of Tamil Nadu. It is located ...
in 1858 and at
Ghora Gali
Ghora Gali is one of the tourist mountain resort towns of the Galyat area of northern Pakistan. It has an elevation of 1691m and is located in the northeastern tip of the Punjab province of Pakistan. Ghora Gali is also a Union council, an adminis ...
,
Murree
Murree ( Punjabi, Urdu: مری) is a mountain resort city, located in the Galyat region of the Pir Panjal Range, within the Muree District of Punjab, Pakistan. It forms the outskirts of the Islamabad-Rawalpindi metropolitan area, and is about ...
, in present-day
Pakistan
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in 1860.
Name, emblem and motto
In 1913, the name of the school was changed from The Ootacamund Lawrence Asylum to Lawrence Memorial School. After being accorded royal patronage in 1922, the name of the school was changed to the Lawrence Memorial Royal Military School in 1925. In 1949, soon after
Indian Independence, the school was handed over to the civilian authorities of the
Government of India
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; subsequently, the name of the school was changed to The Lawrence School, as it is known today. As the school is located in
Lovedale, the school is also simply referred to as "Lovedale".
The school's motto is "Never Give In" as that of its sister schools.
The school's logo is an armorial
achievement with a historical
heraldic
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blazon
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:
''
ARMS
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*Arm or arms, the upper limbs of the body
Arm, Arms, or ARMS may also refer to:
People
* Ida A. T. Arms (1856–1931), American missionary-educator, temperance leader
Coat of arms or weapons
*Armaments or weapons
**Fi ...
: Ermine, on a cross raguly gules and eastern crown or; on a chief azure two swords in saltire proper, pommels and hilts gold, between as many leopards' heads argent.''
''
CREST
Crest or CREST may refer to:
Buildings
*The Crest (Huntington, New York), a historic house in Suffolk County, New York
*"The Crest", an alternate name for 63 Wall Street, in Manhattan, New York
*Crest Castle (Château Du Crest), Jussy, Switzerla ...
: Out of an eastern crown or, a cubit arm entwined by a wreath of laurel and holding a dagger all proper''.
The campus
The Lawrence School, Lovedale has its campus on 750 acres leased from the
Ministry of Defence in Lovedale, which is 6 kilometres (3.7 miles) from
Ootacamund
Ooty (), officially known as Udhagamandalam (also known as Ootacamund (); abbreviated as Udhagai), is a city and a municipality in the Nilgiris district of the South Indian States and territories of India, state of Tamil Nadu. It is located ...
. Located at a height of 7200 feet above mean sea level, it is slightly lower than the Dodabetta peak (altitude: 8650 feet), which is the highest peak of the
Nilgiris
The Nilgiri Mountains form part of the Western Ghats in northwestern Tamil Nadu, Southern Karnataka, and eastern Kerala in India. They are located at the trijunction of three states and connect the Western Ghats with the Eastern Ghats. At le ...
mountain range.
The school campus is divided into Preparatory School (classes 5 ), Junior School (classes 6–8) and Senior School (classes 9–12). Some of the classrooms and dormitories of the schools are together in their respective buildings, whereas the girls of class (5–8) are accommodated in the Preparatory School building and the girls of classes (9–12) are accommodated in a separate residential building called Girls School. Therefore, the girls of class 5 attend classes in the Preparatory School, girls of classes (6–8) attend classes in Junior School and girls of classes (9–12) attend classes in the Senior School building.
Many notable personalities, such as former Prime Ministers and Presidents of India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (; ; ; 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat—
*
*
*
* and author who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20t ...
,
Indira Gandhi
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (; Given name, ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and a central figure of the Indian National Congress. She was elected as third prime minister of India in 1966 ...
,
Zail Singh
Giani Zail Singh (, born Jarnail Singh; 5 May 1916 – 25 December 1994) was an Indian politician from Punjab who served as the seventh president of India from 1982 to 1987. He was the first Sikh and the first person from a backward caste to be ...
,
Pranab Mukherjee
Dr. Pranab Mukherjee (11 December 193531 August 2020) was an Indian politician and statesman who served as the 13th president of India from 2012 until 2017. In a political career spanning five decades, Mukherjee was a senior leader in the India ...
,
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, and others such as
Sam Manekshaw
Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw (3 April 1914 – 27 June 2008), widely known as Sam Manekshaw and Sam Bahadur ("Sam the Brave"), was the Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army during the Indo-Pakistani War of ...
,
Venkaiah Naidu
Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu (born 1 July 1949) is an Indian politician who served as the 13th vice president of India from 2017 to 2022. He is the first Indian vice president born in independent India. He has also served as the minister of Hous ...
and
Kiran Bedi
Kiran Bedi (born 9 June 1949) is an Indian social activist, former-tennis player who became the first woman in India to join the officer ranks of the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1972 and was the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry from ...
, have visited this campus to grace the school's Founder's day and other special occasions.
Architecture
The Senior School (often referred to as Boys' School) is housed in a magnificent two-story building with a towering
campanile
A bell tower is a tower that contains one or more bells, or that is designed to hold bells even if it has none. Such a tower commonly serves as part of a Christian church, and will contain church bells, but there are also many secular bell tower ...
of 130 feet, built in
Italian Gothic style and designed by Architect
Robert Chisholm.
On May 31, 1988, a commemorative postage stamp was issued by
India Post
India Post is a government-operated postal system in India, part of the Department of Post under the Ministry of Communications. Generally known as the Post Office, it is the most widely distributed postal system in the world. Warren Hastings ha ...
to commemorate 130 years of its existence with an image displaying the towering campanile section.
Student Body
The student body is from all over India and overseas, and is led by
prefects
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A prefect's ...
headed by a
head girl and head boy
Head boy and head girl are student leadership roles in schools, representing the school's entire student body. They are normally the most senior prefects in the school. The terms are commonly used in the British education system as well as in Aust ...
.
The school also has a 40 percent reservation of seats and a 20 percent fee subsidy for children of
Indian Defence
In the game of chess, Indian Defence or Indian Game is a broad term for a group of openings characterised by the moves:
:1. d4 Nf6
They are all to varying degrees hypermodern defences, where Black invites White to establish an imposing presenc ...
personnel.
Management
The school is governed by an autonomous body, the Board of Governors, which is appointed by the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India, and is managed operationally by the headmaster or headmistress, who is an ''ex officio'' member of the Board as well as the Member Secretary. Additionally, the General Officer Commanding – South India (GOC)
Indian Army
The Indian Army is the land-based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, and its professional head is the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), who is a four- ...
is also an ''ex officio'' member of the Board. The Board also has representation from a member of the Old Lawrencians Association (OLA), a member of the Parent Teacher Association (PTA), and any other nominees of the
Ministry of Education
An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...
, Government of India.
Alumni association
The school's
alumni association
An alumni association or alumnae association is an association of graduates or, more broadly, of former students (alumni). In the United Kingdom and the United States, alumni of universities, colleges, schools (especially independent schools), ...
, the Old Lawrencians Association, has chapters and branches in several major Indian and international cities. This body is registered under the Tamil Nadu Societies Act and is run by a Managing Committee consisting of an elected team drawn from the registered alumni of the association.
Notable alumni
Alumni are generally referred to as "OLs", "Old Lawrencians" or "Old Laws".
Public Servants and Social Workers
*
Vice Admiral Anil Chopra (Retired), sailor,
military officer
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Broadly speaking, "officer" means a commissioned officer, a non-commissioned officer, or a warrant officer. However, absent context ...
, former
Flag Officer
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The term is used differently in different countries:
*In many countr ...
Commanding-in-Chief
Eastern Naval Command
*
Rear Admiral
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K. Raja Menon (Retired), sailor, military officer, author, former Assistant Chief of Naval Staff
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Nikhil Dey
Narega Day . He works for the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (Mazdoor Kishan Shakti Sangthan), Suchna Evum Rozgar Adhikar Abhiyan and NCPRI (National Campaign for People's Right to Information). He has been actively working for Right to Informat ...
,
social activist
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Nomita Chandy
Nomita Chandy was an Indian social worker from Bangalore, known for her services towards the rehabilitation of destitute children.
She attended Lawrence School, Lovedale. Chandy
was secretary of Ashraya, a non-governmental organization, work ...
,
social work
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er
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Palanivel Thiagarajan
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Early life
He is the son of the late P ...
, politician,
Tamil Nadu Council of Ministers
The Tamil Nadu Council of Ministers is the executive wing of the Government of Tamil Nadu and headed by the State's Chief Minister M. K. Stalin who is the head of government and leader of the state cabinet. The current state council of minister ...
for Finance and Human Resources Management,
MLA Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It has a strength of 234 members of whom are democratically elected using the First-past-the-post voting, First-past-the-post system. The pres ...
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Paul Sabapathy
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CVO CBE
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
, accountant, social worker, former
Lord Lieutenant
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of the
West Midlands
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Etymology
The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some ...
*
Rear Admiral
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Philipose George Pynumootil, Flag Officer
Naval Aviation
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Naval aviation is typically projected to a position nearer the target by way of an aircraft carrier. Carrier-based a ...
Justices and Lawyers
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Honourable
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Justice
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A. K. Jayasankaran Nambiar, Judge,
High Court of Kerala
The High Court of Kerala is the highest court in the Indian state of Kerala and the Union territory of Lakshadweep. It is located in Kochi. Drawing its powers under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the High Court has the power to issu ...
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Aryama Sundaram,
Senior Advocate
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,
Supreme Court of India
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Professionals, Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
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Anand Mahindra
Anand Gopal Mahindra (born 1 May 1955) is an Indian billionaire businessman, and the chairman of Mahindra Group, a Mumbai-based business conglomerate. The group operates in aerospace, agribusiness, aftermarket, automotive, components, constru ...
, businessman, Chairman & Managing Director
Mahindra Group
Mahindra Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate, headquartered in Mumbai. The group has operations in over 100 countries, with a presence in aerospace, agribusiness, aftermarket automotive components, construction equipment, defenc ...
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Arun M. Kumar, accountant, chairman and CEO
KPMG
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Headquartered in Amstelveen, Netherlands, although incorporated in London, England, KPMG is a net ...
India, former
Assistant Secretary of Commerce & Director General of the
U.S. and Foreign Commercial service
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C Vijayakumar, business executive, President & CEO
HCL Technologies
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*
K. V. L. Narayan Rao, journalist, business executive, former CEO
NDTV
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*
M. M. Murugappan, businessman, Executive Chairman
Murugappa Group
Murugappa Group is an Indian conglomerate founded in 1900. The Group has 28 businesses including nine companies listed on the NSE and the BSE. Headquartered in Chennai, the major companies of the Group include Carborundum Universal Ltd., Chol ...
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Sashi Reddi,
serial entrepreneur
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,
venture capitalist
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,
philanthropist
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*
Thiru Vikram, inventor, entrepreneur, CEO
Buffalo Automation
Artists, Academics and Authors
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Akshaye Khanna
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, film actor
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Alphonse Putharen
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, film actor, director and producer
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Amish Tripathi
Amish Tripathi (born 18 October 1974) is an Indian author. He is known best for hiShiva Trilogyand Ram Chandra Series.
Amish's books have sold over 6 million copies in the Indian subcontinent since 2010.
Early life and education
Amish Tripa ...
,
novelist
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Anjolie Ela Menon
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,
visual artist
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Arundhati Roy
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, writer and social activist
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Fahad Fazil
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, film actor and producer
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Nalini Ambady,
social psychologist
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and author
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Pratap K. Pothen, film actor, producer and director
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Ram Charan
Konidela Ram Charan Teja (born 27 March 1985) is an Indian actor, producer, and entrepreneur who works predominantly in Telugu films. One of the highest-paid Telugu film actors, he is the recipient of three Filmfare Awards and two Nandi Awa ...
, film actor and producer
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Sanaya Irani
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, film and television actress
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Vijay Menon
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, film actor, producer and director
Sportspersons
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Tashi and Nungshi Malik,
mountaineers
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Beauty Pageant Winners
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Gul Panag
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, Miss India 1999, film actor, politician
Affiliations
*The curriculum is affiliated with the
Central Board of Secondary Education
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*Member of
Indian Public Schools' Conference Indian Public Schools Conference was established in 1939. The Indian Public Schools are an independent and private institutions of secondary education. Top notch boarding and day-cum boarding and the Sainik and Military Schools form part of this sch ...
*Aegis of the
Ministry of Education (MoE)
*Member of
Round Square
Round Square is an international network of schools, based on the educational concepts of Kurt Hahn, and named after a distinctive building at Gordonstoun. Founded by a group of seven schools in the late 1960s, by 1996 it had grown to 20 member ...
International
See also
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The Lawrence School, Sanawar
The Lawrence School, Sanawar, is the oldest Co-Ed boarding school in the world near Solan city. Established in 1847, its history, influence, and wealth have made it one of the most prestigious and oldest schools in Asia.
It is located in the ...
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Lawrence School, Ghora Gali
Lawrence College Ghora Gali is a school situated in Murree Tehsil, Punjab, Pakistan. The college is located in the foothills of the Himalayas and Pir Panjal at a height of about 1950 metres (6395 feet) above sea level, covering an area of . It ...
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St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Ooty
St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School is a boys' school located in the scenic hill station town Ooty, which is part of The Nilgiris District, The Nilgiris district in Tamil Nadu, India. The school was started by Christian missionaries in 1820.
Lo ...
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St. Joseph's Boys School,
Coonoor
Coonoor, natively spelt as Kunnur (), is a Taluk and a municipality of the Nilgiris district in the Indian State of Tamil Nadu. As of 2011, the town had a population of 45,494.
Demographics
According to 2011 census, Coonoor had a populatio ...
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Breeks Memorial School,
Ooty
Ooty (), officially known as Udhagamandalam (also known as Ootacamund (); abbreviated as Udhagai), is a city and a municipality in the Nilgiris district of the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located north west of Coimbatore and so ...
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Hebron School, Ooty
Hebron School is a Mixed-sex education, co-educational Independent school, independent boarding school in the hill station known as Ooty, in Tamil Nadu, southern India. The school is operated by a Protestantism, Protestant Christian trust with ...
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The Laidlaw Memorial School and Junior College, Ketti
The Laidlaw Memorial School of St. George's Homes, Ketti is an English-medium school in Ketti, Tamil Nadu, India.This school also appeared in the Tamil film, ''Panneer Pushpangal''.
See also
* St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Ooty
* St. ...
,
Ooty
Ooty (), officially known as Udhagamandalam (also known as Ootacamund (); abbreviated as Udhagai), is a city and a municipality in the Nilgiris district of the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located north west of Coimbatore and so ...
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Woodside School, Ooty
Woodside School is a co-educational boarding school and day school situated on the outskirts of Udhagamandalam Tamil Nadu, India, a hill station which is more commonly known under its abbreviated name of Ooty. The campus of the school rises ste ...
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Stanes Hr.Sec. School,
Coonoor
Coonoor, natively spelt as Kunnur (), is a Taluk and a municipality of the Nilgiris district in the Indian State of Tamil Nadu. As of 2011, the town had a population of 45,494.
Demographics
According to 2011 census, Coonoor had a populatio ...
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Good Shepherd International School, Ooty
Good Shepherd International School is a residential school founded in 1977, located at Ootacamund (Ooty), in Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India on a campus. Facilities on the campus include classrooms and laboratory blocks, two lecture theatres, two ...
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Montfort School, Yercaud
Montfort School, Yercaud is a co-ed secondary school run by the Montfort Brothers of St. Gabriel in the town of Yercaud, near Salem in Tamil Nadu, India. The school motto is ''Virtus Et Labor'', which translates to "Virtue and Labor". The co ...
References
* https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-34228047
* https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2013/06/16/seven-people-from-shropshire-are-honoured-by-the-queen/
External links
*Official website of The Lawrence School, Lovedal
* Official Website of the registered alumni body – Old Lawrencians Associatio
{{Education in Tamil Nadu
Round Square schools
Boarding schools in Tamil Nadu
High schools and secondary schools in Tamil Nadu
Schools in Nilgiris district
1858 establishments in British India
Educational institutions established in 1858