St. Joseph's Anglo Indian Girls Higher Secondary School is a

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run by the sisters of the cross of Chavanod (Holy Cross) . The motto of the school is "Excelsior" – aim higher and higher. It is one of the Anglo-Indian schools in

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and one of the most coveted institutions in the district.

Overview

This school is one of the convent schools in

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. The school follows Anglo-Indian Board of education accreditation system (currently the Tamil Nadu State Board) from K-10, with the Higher secondary education automatically rolled over to Tamil Nadu State Board.

History

The forerunner of the St. Joseph's Convent schools was St. Ann’s Convent Schools which the bishop established with the help of the sisters of St. Joseph of the apparition from France. On 1 April 1862 he opened St. Joseph’s Convent School, an English Medium School for girls, the first of its kind in the Malabar region. Mother Claudine Echernier was the force behind establishing the school. Mother Veronica of the Passion who was an English Anglican convert and a sister of St. Joseph of the Apparition was the superior of the convent and headmistress of the school. After Independence the school was designated as an Anglo-Indian School.

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