>Iridescent: /* Closure of Railway Schools */Cleanup and typo fixing, typo(s) fixed: 2018-19 → 2018–19

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Closure of Railway Schools: Cleanup and typo fixing, typo(s) fixed: 2018-19 → 2018–19

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{{Infobox school
| name =
| image = [[File:Railway Mixed Higher Secondary School, Perambur.jpg|frameless]]
| caption = Railway Mixed Higher Secondary School on 2012
| location = [[Perambur]], [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{coord|13.1087586|80.2376102|display=inline|format=dms}}
| pushpin_map = India#India Chennai
| principal = T.SIVA KUMAR
| established = 1891
| homepage =
}}
'''Railway Mixed Higher Secondary School''' is a secondary school in [[Perambur]], [[Chennai]], [[India]] and was founded by [[Anglo-Indians]] in 1891. It was created for Railway Employee children under [[United Kingdom|British]] rule. But now it is open for all.
[[File:Taken by Vignesh.png|thumb|Ex-Principal of Railway Mixed Higher Secondary School, Perambur on 2012]]

==Enrollment==
Enrollment varies by year, but has averaged 2000 students studying in the school since 1990.{{cn|date=January 2019}}

==Principals==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Principal !! Year !! Year
|-
| Bala sundaram || 1990 || 2002
|-
| Rajendaran|| 2002 || 2010
|-
| Dhakshanamurthi || 2011 || 2012
|-
|Suchetha Sathyamoorthi
|
|
|-
| T. Siva Kumar || 2017 || 2020
|-
|}

==Vice Principals==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Vice Principal !! Year !! Year
|-
| sawmi nathan|| 2012|| Present
|}

==Houses==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! House !! Captain !! Vice Captain !!Assistant Captain!! No. of Wins !! Year
|-
| Ajantha House|| || || ||
|-
| Brindavan House || || || ||
|-
| Coramandal House || || || ||
|-
| Dadar House || || || ||
|-
|}

==Closure of Railway Schools==
In 2018, Indian Railways announced its intent to withdraw support for its Railway Schools after 2018–19. Later, it revised its position, announcing support for schools with fifteen to twenty wards of railway employees.<ref name="uturn">{{cite news |last1=Arockiaraj |first1=D Vincent |title=Railway does U-turn, gives green signal to run schools |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/trichy/railway-does-u-turn-gives-green-signal-to-run-schools/articleshow/64212580.cms |accessdate=29 January 2019 |publisher=Times of India |date=18 May 2018}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
*[http://www.asklaila.com/listing/Chennai/Perambur/Railway+Mixed+Higher+Secondary+School/i2wo3rT5/ Railway Mixed Higher Secondary School, Perambur, Chennai, 10 July 2012]

[[File:RMHSS entrance in surround by flood in1975 or 1976.jpg|thumb|RHMSS in [rainy] season]]

[[Category:Schools in Colonial India]]
[[Category:Railway Schools in India]]
[[Category:High schools and secondary schools in Chennai]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1891]]
[[Category:1891 establishments in India]]

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Railway Mixed Higher Secondary School, Perambur - Revision history

>Iridescent: /* Closure of Railway Schools */Cleanup and typo fixing, typo(s) fixed: 2018-19 → 2018–19