Diamond Jubilee Higher Secondary School
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Diamond Jubilee Higher Secondary School (DJHSS) is a boys-only secondary school in Gobichettipalayam
, in the Erode District
of Tamil Nadu
, India
. It was established to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee
celebrations of Queen Victoria
in 1898. The school has served the educational needs of Gobichettipalayam
and nearby villages for more than a century. The school was the role model for the PSG and Sarvajana institutions of Coimbatore. A noted headmaster of the school was Thiru. K.M.Ramasami Gounder, who shaped the lives of thousands of students in the region. He also founded Gobi Arts College. He served as District Board Member, MLC and MLA.
DJHSS has some 2,300 students and 60 staff. It is a private school but it is largely funded by the Tamil Nadu State Government, which pays the teachers' salaries. This enables the school to serve the educational requirements of the needy by offering education for a nominal fee. In 2004, a DJHSS student finished joint top in the Erode District
in the Secondary School Leaving Certificate examination, with 490 marks out of 500.
DJHSS places an emphasis on discipline, using corporal punishment in the form of caning
when required. The school has embraced new technology: students had access to computers as early as the mid eighties.
DJHSS was one of the early schools adopted English medium education in the rural south India. English medium curriculum was introduced in the year 1976. It was introduced well after classes were started, wherein some of the students who were admitted to English medium were made to write exam in Tamil Medium and later part of the year English medium classes were started.
Gobichettipalayam
Gobi or Gobichettipalayam is a Municipality in Erode District of Tamil Nadu state, India. A major part of present Gobichettipalayam was previously known as Veerapandi Gramam, and documents and records still use that name. Gobichettipalayam is an important city in the North- Western part of Erode...
, in the Erode District
Erode District
Erode District is a western district of the state of Tamil Nadu, India, with Erode as its headquarters. Until the year 1996, Erode district was called as Periyar District....
of Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It was established to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee
Diamond Jubilee
A Diamond Jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 60th anniversary in the case of a person or a 75th anniversary in the case of an event.- Thailand :...
celebrations of Queen Victoria
Victoria of the United Kingdom
Victoria was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India....
in 1898. The school has served the educational needs of Gobichettipalayam
Gobichettipalayam
Gobi or Gobichettipalayam is a Municipality in Erode District of Tamil Nadu state, India. A major part of present Gobichettipalayam was previously known as Veerapandi Gramam, and documents and records still use that name. Gobichettipalayam is an important city in the North- Western part of Erode...
and nearby villages for more than a century. The school was the role model for the PSG and Sarvajana institutions of Coimbatore. A noted headmaster of the school was Thiru. K.M.Ramasami Gounder, who shaped the lives of thousands of students in the region. He also founded Gobi Arts College. He served as District Board Member, MLC and MLA.
DJHSS has some 2,300 students and 60 staff. It is a private school but it is largely funded by the Tamil Nadu State Government, which pays the teachers' salaries. This enables the school to serve the educational requirements of the needy by offering education for a nominal fee. In 2004, a DJHSS student finished joint top in the Erode District
Erode District
Erode District is a western district of the state of Tamil Nadu, India, with Erode as its headquarters. Until the year 1996, Erode district was called as Periyar District....
in the Secondary School Leaving Certificate examination, with 490 marks out of 500.
DJHSS places an emphasis on discipline, using corporal punishment in the form of caning
Caning
Caning is a form of corporal punishment consisting of a number of hits with a single cane usually made of rattan, generally applied to the offender's bare or clothed buttocks or hand . Application of a cane to the knuckles or the shoulders has been much less common...
when required. The school has embraced new technology: students had access to computers as early as the mid eighties.
DJHSS was one of the early schools adopted English medium education in the rural south India. English medium curriculum was introduced in the year 1976. It was introduced well after classes were started, wherein some of the students who were admitted to English medium were made to write exam in Tamil Medium and later part of the year English medium classes were started.