Diamond Jubilee Higher Secondary School
Location
Cutchery Street Gobichettipalayam , Tamil Nadu , 638452 India
Coordinates	11°27′13″N77°26′18″E / 11.45361°N 77.43833°E / 11.45361; 77.43833
Information
School type	Government Aided
Established	1898
School board	Tamil Nadu State Board
School district	Erode
Gender	Boys only
Enrollment	~1700
Classes	6th to 12th std
Affiliation	Tamil Nadu Higher Secondary Board
Website	http://diamondjubilee.in/

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 of Queen Victoria in 1898.

Contents

• About the School
• Gallery
• Notable alumni
• References
• External links

About the School

DJHSS has about 1700 students and 65 staff. ^[1] It is a government aided school largely funded by the Tamil Nadu State Government, which pays the teachers' salaries. ^[2] 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.

Gallery

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  Administrative Building
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  Inside the School
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  Open Auditorium

Notable alumni

• Verghese Kurien, Father of the White Revolution, founder of AMUL, founder of the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) ^[3]

References

External links

• School Web Page
• Alumni web page ^{[ permanent dead link ]}