Canara High School is an educational institution in Mangalore which was founded by Ammembal Subba Rao Pai in 1891.[1] He is also popular as the founder of Canara Bank, now a major nationalized bank in India. Since 1945, when a sister school was opened at Urwa, this school has been called Canara High School (urwa). In 2009, a CBSE school was inaugurated on this campus, offering classes from 1st to 10th standard. It had acquired Vikas institutions in Mangalore in 2022
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Ammembal Subba Rao Pai Road , , 575003 India | |
| Coordinates | 12°52′28″N 74°50′20″E / 12.874376°N 74.838757°E |
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| Established | 1891 |
| Founder | Ammembal Subba Rao Pai |
| School district | Dakshina Kannada |
| President | D. Vasudeva Kamath |
| Headmistress | Smt.arunakumari |
| Grades | 8–10 |
| Yearbook | kamadhenu |
| Affiliation | Secondary School Leaving Certificate |
| Alumni | 10,000+ |
| Secretary | Mr. M. Ranganath Bhat |
| Correspondent | Mr. Gopalkrishna Shenoy |
| Treasurer | Mr. P. Gopalakrishna Shenoy |
| Joint Secretary | Mr. Maroor Sudhir Pai |
| Website | www.canara.ac.in |
History
editThe school was started in a rental building opposite the Kodialbail Chapel. A group of four B.A. graduates— Sriyuths U. Srinivas Rao, B. Padmanabha Baliga, B. Vaman Baliga and Arkal Vasudev Rao—with a mission to educate the Gowda Saraswat Brahmin community in Mangalore were the first teachers and proprietors. In 1923, the Canara High school Association[2] was registered under the Indian Societies Registration Act and took over the management of the school. It has been running the school ever since and has been expanding its presence in the education sector of Mangalore.[3] It was in Canara High School, where the first generation of the state-level leader of the RSS were trained.[4]
Activities
editCanara High School has classes for 8th standard to 10th standard in Kannada and English. The school supports the midday meal scheme, wherein deserving students are offered afternoon lunch at school to reduce the drop-out rates. Being a Konkani linguistic minority school, optional Konkani classes and exams are conducted by the faculty on a yearly basis.
Extra-curricular activities include a painting club, quiz club, Sanskrit club[5] and a local National Cadet Corps chapter, through which students gain leadership qualities and get motivated to serve in the Armed Forces. For students with a literary bend of mind, the Newspaper in Education program[6] affords an opportunity to write short stories and artwork for local newspapers, which appear usually in the Saturday edition. With intentions to modernize infrastructure, an electronic polling system was introduced from 2005-06 onwards for election of School Parliament.[7] A new computer lab has been recently opened up.
Facilities
editT V Raman Pai Hall
editThis multi-purpose auditorium was constructed in 2002, in memory of an alumnus, Mr. T.V. Raman Pai. Most of the annual school functions[8] are conducted here, and it generates additional income by renting out for external events.
ASRP Fund and Book Bank
editA memorial fund for financially assisting the students belonging to the Konkani community through education loans and scholarships was set up in 1913.[9] The book bank distributes books on a per-semester basis for free to members and alumni of the school.
References
edit- ^ "Canara High School Association". The Hindu. 30 May 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
- ^ "Canara High School Association". Archived from the original on 4 January 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2006.
- ^ "Canara Engineering College". Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ^ Pinto, Vishanz (13 February 2024). "Rise and Spread of Hindutva in the Coastal Districts of Karnataka" (PDF). Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 80: 1229–1238. JSTOR 27192978.
- ^ "Various Clubs Inaugurated at Canara High School". Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ^ "The Hindu launches NIE programme in city". The Hindu. 20 October 2005. Archived from the original on 27 November 2007. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ^ "Canara High School in Mangalore goes hi-tech". The Hindu. 17 June 2005. Archived from the original on 21 April 2006. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ^ "Canara High School observes Founders Day". Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ^ "ASRP Fund". Retrieved 30 January 2013.