| Loyola Higher Secondary School, Kuppayanallur | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
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Kuppayanallur,Kanchipuram district ,India | |
| Coordinates | 12°35′50″N79°45′31″E / 12.59722°N 79.75861°E /12.59722; 79.75861 |
| Information | |
| Type | Private secondary school |
| Religious affiliation | Catholicism |
| Denomination | Jesuits |
| Established | 12 June 1995; 30 years ago (1995-06-12) |
| Oversight | Jesuits Chennai Mission |
| Staff | 33 |
| Grades | 6 through 12[1] |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Enrollment | |
| Language | Tamil |
Loyola Higher Secondary School is aprivateCatholic secondary school located in Kuppayanallur, in theKanchipuram district ofTamil Nadu,India. TheTamil-medium, co-educational high school was founded by theJesuits in 1995[2] and educates students from grades six through twelve.[citation needed]
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 theDalit children of the four Jesuit parishes and more than 20 villages.[5]
