Delhi Tamil Education Association Senior Secondary Schools
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The Delhi Tamil Education Association Senior Secondary Schools are seven secondary schools located in Delhi, India.
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[edit] History
DTEA was first registered as a society Madrasi Education Association (MEA)in 1919 in Shimla by an enthusiastic group of Tamils working for the British Govt. who wanted to inculcate traditional cultural values in their children and the future generation who were living faraway from their atmosphere.
While the first school was being established in 1923 the small community in the capital raised funds for the second building by way of small voluntary contributions. After 75 years of steady growth the DTEA now incorporates seven senior secondary schools with over seven thousand students and five hundred teachers.
[edit] 1923
On Vijyadasami Day, the first Madras Education Association School was established in Simla, with one teacher and one pupil by Shri. P.H.S. Iyer.
[edit] 1924
In January, a primary school was opened in New Delhi.
[edit] 1925
The school was officially recognized by the Education Authority.
[edit] 1931
The school was given some accommodation in the Municipal School buildings on Mandir Marg (then known as Reading Road).
[edit] 1945
Construction of a new building was started.
[edit] 1946
The Higher Secondary Department was started.
[edit] 1949
The first batch of students appeared for the Delhi Higher Secondary Examination.
[edit] 1950
The Silver Jubilee of the Association was celebrated on March 5.
[edit] 1951
In view of the increasing demand, a new Primary Schools at Lodi Estate was opened.
[edit] 1953
Another Primary School was opened at Karol Bagh.
[edit] 1955
Constructon of a purpose built school at the Lodi Estate.
[edit] 1956
The Higher Secondary classes from Mandir Marg moved to Lodi Estate.
[edit] 1958
A Middle school at Lakshmibai Nagar (then known as East Vinay Nagar) was opened.
[edit] 1959
The Mandir Marg School was raised to the status of a Higher Secondary School.
[edit] 1960
The late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Minister of India, laid the foundation stone of the Lakshmi Bai Nagar School.
[edit] 1961
The Moti Bagh Primary School was opened.
[edit] 1962
The Lakshmibai Nagar School was upgraded to Higher Secondary status.
[edit] 1963
The Karol Bagh School was upgraded to Higher Secondary level.
[edit] 1964
The Primary School at R.K. Puram was opened.
[edit] 1966
Devin Rochford leads the School in Moti Bagh to First Secondary Level.
[edit] 1968
The Primary School at R.K. Puram was upgraded to Higher Secondary level.
[edit] 1970
The School in Moti Bagh was raised to Higher Secondary level.
[edit] 1972
The name of the Association was changed from Madrasi Education Association to Delhi Tamil Education Association (DTEA) and the Schools were renamed as DTEA Schools.
[edit] 1975
With due deference to the wishes of the Janakpuri Tamil Association (JTA), the DTEA formally took over the School run by them at Janakpuri.
[edit] Today
The DTEA runs 7 Senior Secondary Schools at Mandir Marg, Lodi Estate, Lakshmibai Nagar, Moti Bagh, Karol Bagh, R.K. Puram and Janakpuri. The DTEA follows the policy of taking the education to the doors of the children by providing schools in convenient localities as far as possible. Another School at Mayur Vihar Phase III has been proposed to open recently.
The schools are aided minority institutions, which are owned and managed by the DTEA at Lodi Estate and are all registered under the Societies Registration Act. The Schools, though meant primarily for Tamils, also impart education to other residents of Delhi.
The Schools are affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education and are recognized by the Directorate of Education, Govt. of N.C.T. of Delhi. Four languages, Viz., English, Tamil, Hindi and Sanskrit are taught in all the seven Schools.
Nowadays Sanskrit language is not being taught in all the seven schools.
[edit] Future Development
The DDA has allotted 2 acres of land at Mayur Vihar Phase III for opening the DTEA's 8th senior secondary school.
DTEA schools, or Madrasi schools as they are popularly known in Delhi, have had a presence of their own in the national capital. For the vast colonies of Tamilies, the network of schools under the DTEA have been a lifeline institution in the capital, serving the cause of good education at reasonable cost for almost eight decades now.
These schools had provided quality education to countless number of south Indians in Delhi, particularly Tamilians, and given them the necessary early educational base for greater efforts for realising their true potential, which many have fulfilled and carved a name for themselves.
Over the years, given its record of performance in the Board exams, it has attracted students from other communities as well, particularly at the high-school stage when Tamil is not a compulsory subject. A big contribution of the schools has been in its making education accessible to pupils from the poorer sections of the community.a
As the schools enter their eightieth year of existence in the capital, they have produced countless number of illustrious careers, including those in civil services, business, medicine, science and research, art and other professions. Of particular recent interest is the nomination of Hema Malini, a well known danseuse and film personality, to the Rajya Sabha. She passed out of the Mandir Marg branch of DTEA school in 1965. She is not the first DTEA alumnus to enter Parliament. We have had Sharath Kumar, another film personality, before.
To name some leading lights from the DTEA schools: Padmashri 2003 awardee Mr. M Natarajan - Director General of the India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister of India, also former Director of the Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE) and and the brain behind the Indian Main Battle Tank, Air Marshal (Retired) Dr. Mrs. Padmavathy Bandopadhyaya the first woman officer in the Indian Air Force to reach the rank of an Air Marshal, also former Director General Medical Services of the Indian Air Force, Ramanathan Krishnan - India's tennis ace, Padma Bhushan Prof. V Rajaraman - India's leading computer scientist, Mr. S Ramadorai - CEO of the India's largest software company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Dr. M Balakrishnan - former Director of the Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL) of the DRDO, Prof. R Rajaraman - the eminent theoretical physicist from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Prof. R Ramachandran - former Director of Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, Prof. H S Mani - former Director of the Harish Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad, Dr. V Siddhartha of DRDO, Dr. Ganesh K Mani, a well known cardiac surgeon of the country, Dr. Ashok Rajgopal - a top orthopaedic surgeon of the country, Mr.R.Hariharan, a leading chartered accountant, Mr.Paropakarami Shri S.R.Iyer,a well known philanthropist, Mr. N R Krishnan - former Secretary in the Ministry of Environment of the Government of India, Mr. S. Lakshminarayanan - Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Communications of the Government of India, Lt. Gen. (Retired) S R R Iyengar - former Commandant of the National Defence College and also a former Commandant of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and a former Commandant of the Military College of Telecommunication Engineering, Mhow , Mr. S Ramakrishnan - former Special Commissioner (Intelligence) and present DG Home Guards, Mr. T R Gopalakrishnan - Editor The Week, Mr. T R Ramachandran - journalist, Padma Shri Mr. R Badrinath of UNCTAD, Dr. L N Balaji of UNICEF, Mr. O S Arun - classical vocalist, Mr Kumaresh and Mr. Ganesh - classical violinists, Mr. Ramani Bharadwaj famous Tamil film music director, Mr. Santhanam - Personal Secretary to Mahatma Gandhi, Mr. R Ramachandran - Science Correspondent Frontline, who has been one of the prime movers in reviving the alumni.
The shortage of finance (the school is funded to the tune of 95 per cent by the Delhi administration and the rest is from annual donations from parents of students) has, of course, affected the schools in terms of facilities, upkeep, labs, etc. But despite that, schools have performed creditably all through though it is true that the number of students hitting the merit list annually in the board exams is not as high as it was before for which there are many reasons including lack of funds and the increasing tendency in the society at large to prefer the elitist public schools to government aided schools.
