Rajarshi Memorial Higher Secondary School, Vadavucode

Rajarshi Memorial Higher Secondary School
Location
Vadavucode, Kerala
India
Information
Type Public Secondary
Established 1938
School district Ernakulam
Grades 5–12
Enrollment 1,817 (2009-10)
Campus Rural
Website RMHSS Vadavucode

Rajarshi Memorial Higher Secondary School [1] is a senior secondary school situated in the village of Vadavucode, India. The school was started by social worker Kadayath Pyli Abraham.

History

The school was given the name of Rama Varma XV (27 December 1852 – 1932) (Raja Rama Varma), also known as Rajarshi, of Cochin state.[2] He was enthroned as Maharaja on 23 October 1895 and abdicated in 1914. His son Rao Sahib I.N. Menon allowed starting an upper primary school at Vadavucode. He was the Director of Public Instructions of Cochin State. The initiator and the founder of Rajarshi Memorial Higher Secondary School was sri K P Abraham who was the first manager of the school. The ownership of the school was handed over to Catholicate and M D Schools corporate management by his son K A Paul in 1989. He was the first manager of the school and was succeeded by his younger brother Adv. K P Pathrose BA, BL, his daughter Elizabeth Abraham, daughter-in-law Alice Paul.

The first manager under the catholicate management was Joseph Mar Pachomios, who led the school till August 2002, and Paulose Mar Pachomios led the school till 2009, when he was succeeded by Mathews Mar Theodosius - Metropolitan of Idukki Diocese.

Rao Sahib I.N.Menon was responsible for upgrading the school as high school in 1945. Later in 2000, the school upgraded to Plus 2 level with science, commerce and humanities batches.

Location

The school is situated in a small village, called Vadavucode, 21 km from Kochi. Nearest villages are Pancode, Puthencruz.

Courses

Upper primary and high school sections along with higher secondary courses under the following streams.

Biology Science Commerce Humanities
English English English
Hindi / Malayalam Hindi / Malayalam Hindi / Malayalam
Physics Business Studies History
Chemistry Business Studies Political Science
Biology Computer Application Sociology
Mathematics Economics Economics

Availability of seats in batches of higher secondary classes:

Batches No of batches No of seats Govt. seats * Community Quota seats **Management seats ***
Biology Science 2 100 60 20 20
Commerce 1 50 30 10 10
Humanities 1 50 30 10 10
Total 4 200 120 40 40

* Including SC/ST and Sports Quota seats ** Reserved for Orthodox students on the basis of merit *** Admitted by a committee appointed by corporate manager

Teachers and students of the first upper primary batch (1939). The teachers (sitting) are P.P.Varghese, K.P. Abraham, Parangeth Paily Poulose, Mothaikkara Narayana Pillai.
School staff, from the early 1940s

Clubs

Higher secondary

High school

References

  1. ↑ "List of schools, Ernakulam".
  2. ↑ Rajarshi Memorial Higher Secondary School

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, February 03, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.