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'''Saint Gerosa High School''' is a [[Catholic school|Catholic]] [[single-sex education|girls school]] in [[Mangaluru]] city of [[Karnataka]] state in [[India]].<ref>{{cite news<br />
|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=213565<br />
|title=Mangalore: St Gerosa School celebrates golden jubilee<br />
|date=19 January 2014<br />
|access-date= 14 January 2019<br />
|newspaper=Daijiworld}}</ref><ref>{{cite news<br />
|url=https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=555144<br />
|title=Mangaluru: Confraternity Sunday celebrated at St Vincent Ferrer Church, Valencia<br />
|date=21 January 2019<br />
|access-date= 30 December 2019<br />
|newspaper=Daijiworld}}</ref> It is situated in the [[Jeppu]] locality of Mangalore.<ref name='djw1'>{{cite news<br />
|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/neaspx?newsID=91472<br />
|title=Mangalore: St Gerosa High School Celebrates Annual Day<br />
|date=11 December 2010<br />
|access-date= 14 January 2019<br />
|newspaper=Daijiworld}}</ref> This school is managed by the [[Sisters of Charity of Saints Bartolomea Capitanio and Vincenza Gerosa (SCCG)|Sisters of Charity]].<ref name='djw1'/><br />
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== History ==<br />
This school was opened in 1964 when 84 students were enrolled for 8th standard in Kannada medium, and in subsequent years for 9th and 10th standard students. The first batch of SSLC students appeared for the public examination in March 1967. In the year 1972, the first batch of English medium girls who had passed their 7th Std. District level Examination, enrolled themselves in the High School, adding a parallel English medium section to the existing aided Kannada medium High School.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stgerosaschool.org/gerosa_school_mangalore.html|title=About St Gerosa School|accessdate=30 December 2019}}</ref><br />
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== Notable alumni ==<br />
Actress [[Neethu|Neethu Shetty]] who has won a state award for best actress and starred as the main lead in movies such as [[Gaalipata]] and [[Poojari]].<br />
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== Controversy ==<br />
MLA [[D. Vedavyas Kamath|Vedavyas Kamath]] and MLA [[Bharath Shetty Y|Bharat Shetty]] from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] lobbied for parents to avoid the christian missionary schools after a controversy, he alleged that a teacher made derogatory remarks about the Hindu deity ''[[Rama|Ram]]'' inside the classroom.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-02-12 |title=Mangaluru MLA says it is time for parents to consider not admitting their children to schools managed by Christian missionaries |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/time-is-ripe-for-parents-to-consider-not-admitting-children-to-schools-managed-by-christian-missionaries-says-bjp-mla/article67838967.ece |access-date=2024-02-16 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{official website|http://www.stgerosaschool.org/}}<br />
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