St. Xavier's Higher Secondary School, Thoothukudi

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'''St. Xavier's Higher Secondary School''', is a [[Private school|private]] [[Catholic school|Catholic]] secondary school located in [[Thoothukudi|Tuticorin]], in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. The school is administered by the [[Madurai]] Province of the [[Society of Jesus]]. Founded in 1884, it is the oldest school in Tuticorin.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/135518/6/06_chapter%201.pdf | title=Jesuits and Secondary Education | publisher=Shodhganga | accessdate=30 July 2018 | pages=31}}</ref> It is named after the Jesuit missionary, Saint [[Francis Xavier]]. [[V. O. Chidambaram Pillai]] is one among the notable Alumni of the school.

==History==
It traces its origins to a [[parochial school]] built in the 1600s during [[Portuguese India|Portuguese rule]] in Tuticorin.<ref>{{cite journal | url=http://rdmodernresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/456-1.pdf | title=EDUCATION IN THOOTHUKUDI DISTRICT OF TAMIL NADU: PERIOD FROM 1947 TO 1986 | author=D. Vellaiammal & Dr. P. Sermakani | journal=International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Modern Education | year=2015 | volume=1 | pages=363}}</ref> In 1920 Xavier's had 563 pupils.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3XDQAgAAQBAJ&q=St.+Xavier%27s+High+School%2C+Tuticorin&pg=PA749|title=The Jesuits, 1534-1921: A History of the Society of Jesus from its Foundation to the Present Time|last=Campbell|first=Thomas J.|date=2014-02-01|publisher=The Floating Press|isbn=9781776530991|language=en}}</ref> Xavier in [[Thoothukudi]] was registered under the [[Tamil Nadu]] Societies Registration Act in 1960. In 1976 it was declared a minority institution.<ref name="Sinnakani2007">{{cite book|author=R. Sinnakani|title=Tamil Nadu State: Thoothukudi District. ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iWEwAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=18 July 2018|year=2007|publisher=Government of Tamil Nadu, Commissioner of Archives and Historical Research|page=1006}}</ref>

==Extracurricular activities==
The school has a [[National Cadet Corps (India)|Naval NCC cadets]] section.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/NCC-cadets-tour-warship-at-VOC-Port/article14002796.ece|title=NCC cadets tour warship at VOC Port|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=23 September 2016|accessdate=28 July 2018}}</ref>

==See also==
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* [[List of Jesuit educational institutions#Schools|List of Jesuit schools]]
* [[List of schools in Tamil Nadu]]

==References==
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{{Jesuit Schools of India|state=collapsed}}
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[[Category:Jesuit secondary schools in India]]
[[Category:Private schools in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Christian schools in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:High schools and secondary schools in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Education in Thoothukudi]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1884]]
[[Category:1884 establishments in India]]

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