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Diamond Jubilee Higher Secondary School

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School type
  
Government Aided

School district
  
Erode

Number of students
  
~2500

Phone
  
04285 222 013

Established
  
1898

Gender
  
Boys only

Classes
  
6th to 12th std

Founded
  
1898

Diamond Jubilee Higher Secondary School

Address
  
SH 15, Gobichettipalayam, Tamil Nadu 638452

School board
  
Directorate of Government Examinations

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 celebrations of Queen Victoria in 1898.

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About the School

DJHSS has about 2,300 students and 60 staff. It is a government aided school largely funded by the Tamil Nadu State Government, which pays the teachers' salaries. 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)

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