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 in
Tamil Nadu, India. The school was started by Christian missionaries in 1820.
Location
The school is incorporated in the locale of St. Mary's Hill in the town,
at a distance of about one kilometer from Ooty bus stand and Railway station.
[ The location of the school enables student access from even remote rural parts of the district.][ The school is considered to be located in an environment ideal for students' education as the surroundings are quiet and free from noise pollution.]
Activities
The school takes part in sporting activities like cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
,handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...
,
Facilities
The school offers institutional transport facilities for its students of the school in the form of buses. This transport facility is extended to students from both urban and rural areas surrounding Ooty.[
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See also
* St. Joseph's Boys School
St. Joseph's Boys' Higher Secondary School is a residential school in Coonoor in The Nilgiris District of Tamil Nadu.
St. Joseph’s Boys’ Hr. Sec. School is commonly known as St. Joseph's College. It is a residential-cum-day School. It was ...
, Coonoor
* St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Sulthan Bathery
* Breeks Memorial School
Breeks Memorial Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School is a Christian co-educational school established in 1874. It was named after James Wilkinson Breeks, the first Commissioner (District Collector) of the Nilgiris. It was erected for the child ...
, Ooty
* 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 ...
* The Laidlaw Memorial School and Junior College, Ketti, Ooty
* Lawrence School, Lovedale, Ooty
* 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 ...
* Stanes Hr.Sec. School, Coonoor
* Good Shepherd International School, Ooty
References
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Boys' schools in India
Christian schools in Tamil Nadu
High schools and secondary schools in Tamil Nadu
Schools in Nilgiris district
Education in Ooty
Educational institutions established in 1820
1820 establishments in India