Loyola Higher Secondary School, Kuppayanallur


Loyola Higher Secondary School, Kuppayanallur, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu, India, is a secondary school run by the Jesuits. It is a Tamil-medium, coeducational high school that by 1995 had grown to cover grades six through twelve.

History

Loyola 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. 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. It is a co-educational Tamil-medium school run by the Jesuits preferentially for the education of the dalit children of the four Jesuit parishes and more than 20 villages.