Stanes School

Stanes School

Infobox School
name = Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School
motto = Excelsa Sequera
established = 1862


principal = Prakash Babu
song = To God be the glory
staff = 136
students = 3000
location = 1044, Avinashi Road, Coimbatore-641 018, Tamilnadu
country = India
homepage = [http://www.staneshighschool.com/ http://www.staneshighschool.com/]

Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School is one of the oldest schools in India.

History

The school was established by Sir Robert Stanes in 1862 [cite news |first=Amutha |last=Kannan |title= Founder of Stanes school honoured |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/14/stories/2006111400970200.htm |publisher=The Hindu|accessdate=2008-02-13 ] with four children and two teachers. Today the school has over 3000 pupils and 136 staff. It started as a European and Eurasian school but under the concept of liberal education the restrictions have been relaxed, but minority rights for Anglo-Indian children are still retained.

References

External links

* [http://www.staneshighschool.com/ School website]


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