Diamond Jubilee Higher Secondary School Explained

Diamond Jubilee Higher Secondary School
Streetaddress:	Cutchery Street
City:	Gobichettipalayam
State:	Tamil Nadu
Postalcode:	638452
Country:	India
Coordinates:	11.4536°N 77.4383°W
Schoolboard:	Tamil Nadu State Board
District:	Erode
Affiliation:	Tamil Nadu Higher Secondary Board
Website:	http://diamondjubilee.in/
Image Size:	250px
Schooltype:	Government Aided
Established:	1898
Classes:	6th to 12th std
Students:	~1700
Gender:	Boys only

Diamond Jubilee Higher Secondary School (DJHSS) is a boys-only secondary school in Gobichettipalayam, in the Erode District of Tamil Nadu, India. It was established to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1898.

About the School

DJHSS has about 1700 students and 65 staff.^[1] It is a government aided school largely funded by the Tamil Nadu State Government, which pays the teachers' salaries.^[2] This enables the school to serve the educational requirements of the needy by offering education for a nominal fee. English medium curriculum was introduced in the year 1976. Mahatma Gandhi visited the school during the year 1927.

Notable alumni

• Verghese Kurien, Father of the White Revolution, founder of AMUL, founder of the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF)^[3]

External links

• School Web Page
• Alumni web page

Notes and References

1. News: Aided schools come under RTI Act, rules Madras High Court. https://web.archive.org/web/20071202011344/http://www.hindu.com/2007/04/18/stories/2007041814320700.htm. dead. 2 December 2007. Chennai. The Hindu. 18 April 2007.
2. Web site: DJHSS v The Union of India, The State of Amil Nadu And Others, Writ Petition No.36901 of 2006. 16 March 2007.
3. Web site: GCMMF. worldfoodprize.org. 26 January 2016.