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Rajarshi Memorial Higher Secondary School (RMHSS Aloor) is a prestigious institution situated in Aloor, Thrissur District, India. It is a government aided Malayalam and English medium school. It comes under the jurisdiction of Irinjalakuda Educational District in Thrissur revenue district.
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Courses Offered
Std V to X: English medium & Malayalam medium
Plus Two: Science (Biology, Maths, Phy, Che), Humanities (Economics, Politics), Commerce are the three streams available for higher secondary education here
History
The school was founded by Rev.Fr. Antony Pullockaran, in one acre donated by Sri. A.J. John Master who was teacher in Elinjipara School. Sri. A.j. John Master and the then Educational Director of the Cochin state Sri. I.M. Menon were classmates. On ground of this friendship I.M. Menon was instrumental in gaining official sanction from the Diwan of Kochi. He also took initiative to obtain furniture from the government to the school. As a result, the school was named after his father Sir Sri Rama Varma XV GCSI GCIE (1852–1932) popularly known as The Rajarshi Of Cochin and as Abdicated Highness, was the ruler of the Kingdom of Cochin from 1895 to 1914.
This Rajarshi Memorial High School became the first torch bearer of knowledge in the Aloor Grama Panchayath. The official functioning of the school started on 2 June 1942 with 90 students and three teacher. Sri. T.T. Vareed the first Headmaster was assisted by Sri. A.J. Joseph and Sri. A.C. Rappai.In 1948 first SSLC batch passed out. Gradually the number of students, and teachers increased. Being the pioneer education and this improving the literacy of the village which was once backward in literacy. As time passed the salary and day to day expenditure of the school shot up. 10 Rev.Fr. Antony Pullockaran registered the school in the name of the 11 existing staff for Rs.5500/- during 1949-50’s. This paved the way for the institution in becoming a staff Management School where the Headmaster and the manager became the same person. Sri. T.T. Vareed master was the first Headmaster-manager and Sri. V.J. Joseph master was the first Management secretary. The year 1998 witnessed yet another landmark in the history of the institution. Due to the strenuous efforts of the then Agricultural Minister Late Sri.V.K. Rajan, the school was upgraded on Higher Secondary. This institution was elevated on the first and prominent higher secondary school of Aloor Panchayath.
The school governing body consisted of H.M Manager and elected executive members from among the staff. When there was a steady increase in the members of teachers, this committee decided to make all the teachers on members in the school management. This was taken as an effective measure for the property and effective running of the institution along with the objective to protect and safeguard the interests of the teacher. Until this day the school functions as per these norms.
Eminent Personalities
It is an honor to this institution that many of its old students became famous in different walks of life. The eminent ours are Sri. A.C. Vasu editor of Encyclopedia, Sri. George Thanippilly a scientist who won the president’s medal for him research in Tissue Culture in January 1969. Smt. Sathi M.A. bagged the National Games held in Delhi. Sri Ignition chakkalakal a member of the prestigious Chandrayan Mission, Mar Pauly Kannookkadan,Bishop of Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Irinjalakuda also belongs to the list of eminent personalities from this school.
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School SSLC Code: 23001 HSE Code: 08054 R.M.H.S.S. Aloor Aloor (P.O) Thrissur (Dt) 680683
The school is famous by the name "Aanapparamb" amongst the locals. "Aanapparambu" in Malayalam means "The plot of the elephant". The myth is that an elephant was buried on the location where the school is situated now.