| Breeks Memorial School | |
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| Location | |
| Charing Cross Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India |
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| Information | |
| Type | Government aided |
| Motto | Ad Rem (Latin) |
| Established | 1874 |
| Grades | Class 1 – 12 |
| Campus type | Boarding/day school |
| Colour(s) | |
Breeks Memorial Anglo-Indian School located in Charring Cross, Ootacamund, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India is named after James Wilkinson Breeks, the first Commissioner (District Collector) of the Nilgiris. It was erected for the children of poor Europeans and Eurasians by public subscription shortly after his death, as a memorial to his services to the Nilgiris community.[1]
The school was started in a heritage building, which is now a part of the Nilgiris District Court complex. It was moved to Charing Cross near the Adams Fountain in 1886. The School is affiliated to the Anglo-Indian Board of Education.
It was in this institution where Lord Macaulay coined the syllabi of the education system for India under the British rule, which still remains as the backbone of Modern Indian Education System.[2]
The Breeks All-India Hr Sec School, opened in 1974, is located on the same campus and follows the Central Board of Secondary Education. This school is managed separately.
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