St. George's School, Chennai

St George's School was founded in 1715 as the Military (later Madras) Male Orphan Asylum and is one of the oldest schools in the world and the oldest in India.[1] It is affiliated to the Anglo-Indian Board of Education.

It is situated in the heart of the city in Shenoy Nagar, a bustling area in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The school has red brick buildings on a land area of 21 acres (85,000 m2), with a boarding house, dormitory, kitchen and play grounds. The school provides education to over 1500 children from nursery up to the +2 level. It has a library, NCC and a computer centre. There are 36 staff members led by the Head Master and the Correspondent.

Hockey

St George's has one of the best school hockey teams in Chennai. It has also produced many players who have represented Tamil Nadu and India at various levels.[2]

Mr. Jason, the hockey coach of the school, trained the team. He had trained the school team for more than 28 years and his legacy lives on after his sad demise in 2012. St. Georges school had the best hockey team in chennai and were consistent winners for years together in the sub junior,junior,senior and super senior categories under his coaching.

The main team consisted mostly of boys from the boarding home who stayed at the school premises and hence were easily available for coaching ,content updated by Kendall robson ,a fellow student of the school

Library

St George's library has rare books from the 18th century to date.

Controversies

In June 2012 there were news reports of increase in fee structure which was not in conformance with the fee structure set by Anglo-Indian Board, further to this there were protest by parents which resulted in ten parents being arrested and later released by Chennai Police.[3]

There were further allegations about school premises being misused for public events and other private events (including movie audio releases), although school principal R. Paul Victor Samuel maintained that these allegations were baseless.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Three bells recall Bell of Madras". The Hindu. 3 March 2003. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
  2. ↑ "Only Anglo Indian School to continue hockey culture". The Hindu. 7 Jan 2010. Retrieved 2013-03-02.
  3. ↑ "Parents accuse school of overcharging". The Hindu. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 2013-03-02.
  4. ↑ "Parents accuse school of overcharging". The Hindu. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 2013-03-02.

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Coordinates: 13°04′36″N 80°13′55″E / 13.076761°N 80.231878°E