M. C. C. Higher Secondary School


M C C Higher Secondary School is located in Chetpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The school was started as the Madras Christian College and became a separate entity when the college moved to a new location.
The school is part of an exchange program by the United States Department of State.

History

Founding

MCC School has its roots in a small school for boys established in 1835 when two chaplains of the Church of Scotland in Madras, Rev. George James Laurie and Rev. Matthew Bowie founded the St. Andrew's School on Randalls Road in Egmore, Madras. At their request, the Church of Scotland sent a missionary to India to govern it. Missionary Rev. John Anderson, set up the institution as the General Assembly's School, conducting classes in a rented house on the east side of Armenian Street in Georgetown, Madras. The headmaster and 59 boys from St. Andrew's School moved to this institution. It was named after the supreme governing body of the Church of Scotland and aimed at attracting students from the Hindu higher castes with the aim of "conveying as great as an amount of truth as possible through the channel of a good education especially of Bible truth". The college grew from the school into a 375-acre wooded campus under the leadership of educationalist Dr. William Miller, who created hostels and several academic and cultural associations, which shaped MCC into a premier educational institution in South Asia.
Dr. A. Jefferson Christopher became Headmaster in the year 1992. He upgraded the institution by setting up a computer laboratory, Junior Science lab, Basketball Court and various other facilities. He was at office till 2006. He is good in public speaking. He was born and educated in Nazareth, Tamil Nadu, a small Christian town near Tirunelveli.

School life

School traditions

Clubs

Alumni