Type Self-financed School district Madurai Classes LKG to 12th std | School board TN Matriculation Principal Mrs.Seetha Lakshmi | |
Motto Educate and Illuminate! | ||
The SBOA Matriculation and Higher Secondary School, Madurai, is one of the schools run by the SBIOA Education Trust of the State Bank of India Officers Association in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. There are 2 other branches: a CBSE School and Feeder Section . The school educates students from LKG to Standard 12. It offers education as per the Matriculation and Higher Secondary board or Tamil Nadu State Board syllabus. Website :
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History
The School was started in 1979 at State Bank Officer's Colony on the bye-pass road in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu. The motto of the school is "Educate and Illuminate!". This is one of the institutions of SBIOA educational trust. Other institutions are:
The school originally started off at the State Bank Officer's colony located on the Bye-pass road. In 1991 classes from VI to X were moved to the sprawling new location on Melakuilkudi Road in Nagamalai Pudukottai. As the years progressed the remaining classes were also moved to the new locations with the exception of the kindergarten sections which continued in the Feeder Section located on Bye-pass road.
Co-curricular and extra-curricular activities
The school conducts variety of co-curricular activities such as: Bharat Scouts and Guides, Road Safety Patrol, National Cadet Corps, Junior Red Cross, School Band as well as many Extra curricular activities including Karate, Fashion Technology, Music, Games, etc.
Facilities
Facilities include Science Labs and a Telescope Observatory, a Conference hall and an Open Air Auditorium, a, . Basketball Court and a Playing field. There are also health care facilities, a cook shop, a Digital Library, and a .Herbal Garden
The school runs school buses from various parts of the city to the campus in Nagamalai Pudukottai. Buses also ply to the Feeder section campus on Bye-pass road. The school is also well served by city buses of the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation. Buses plying on bye-pass road stop at Ponmeni bus stop which is beside the campus on bye-pass road. Buses plying to Melakuilkudi stop in front of the campus at Nagamalai Pudukottai. The school had city buses running specifically for the students of the school from Periyar Bus Stand and Anna Bus Stand.