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{{Infobox school
| name = St. Mary’s Higher Secondary School, Madurai
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| motto = By Light to Life
| type = [[Private school|Private]] secondary school
| denomination = [[Jesuit]]s
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| headmaster = Rev. A. Xavier Raj, S.J.
| staff = 132
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| enrollment = 3757
| grades = 6-12 TM & EM Std.
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| established = {{Start date and age|1908}}
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| city = [[Madurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
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'''St Mary's Higher Secondary School, Madurai''' is a private [[Catholic school|Catholic]] secondary school for [[single-sex education|boys]] located in [[Madurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. The school was founded by the [[Society of Jesus]] in 1908 and provides an education for boys from grades six through twelve.<ref>[http://www.stmaryshssmdu.in/ school website.]</ref>

==History==

Fr. Trincal started a [[Gurukula]] in 1863 and planted the seeds of educational mission in Madurai city especially for the Catholic children. After 16 years, it was transformed into a government-recognized primary school in 1879. In 1908 it was upgraded as a high school. During the tenure of Fr. Santhappar, its first headmaster, the state government of Tamil Nadu gave the school permanent recognition in 1908. In 1978 the high school was upgraded to the status of a higher secondary school. At present{{when|date=February 2019}} there are nearly 132 teaching and non-teaching staff and 3,757 students in the school.{{fact|date=February 2019}}

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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Education in Tamil Nadu|state=autocollapse}}
{{Jesuit Schools of India|state=collapsed}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Mary's Higher Secondary School, Madurai}}
[[Category:Jesuit secondary schools in India]]
[[Category:Boys' schools in India]]
[[Category:Christian schools in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:High schools and secondary schools in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Schools in Madurai]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1908]]
[[Category:1908 establishments in India]]

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Igornqa: update page per standard format additionally and improved wording to improve readability

122.164.41.171 at 07:51, 16 December 2021