Canara High School

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 1944, 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.

Main Building
Urwa Building

Canara High School
Seal of Canara High School depicting Kamadhenu
Address
Ammembal Subba Rao Pai Road

Kodialbail

Mangalore
,
Karnataka
,
575003

India
Coordinates12.874376°N 74.838757°E / 12.874376; 74.838757
Information
Established1891
FounderAmmembal Subba Rao Pai
School districtDakshina Kannada
PresidentMr. M. Annappa Pai
HeadmistressSmt.arunakumari
Grades8–10
Yearbookkamadhenu
AffiliationSecondary School Leaving Certificate
Alumni10,000+
SecretaryMr. M. Ranganath Bhat
CorrespondentMr. Gopalkrishna Shenoy
TreasurerMr. P. Gopalakrishna Shenoy
Joint SecretaryMr. Maroor Sudhir Pai
Websitewww.canara.ac.in

History

The 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 1922, 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]

Activities

Canara 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[4] 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[5] 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.[6] A new computer lab has been recently opened up.

Facilities

T V Raman Pai Hall

This multi-purpose auditorium was constructed in 2002, in memory of an alumnus, Mr. T.V. Raman Pai. Most of the annual school functions[7] are conducted here, and it generates additional income by renting out for external events.

ASRP Fund and Book Bank

A memorial fund for financially assisting the students belonging to the Konkani community through education loans and scholarships was set up in 1913.[8] The book bank distributes books on a per-semester basis for free to members and alumni of the school.

References
  1. "Canara High School Association". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  2. "Canara High School Association". Archived from the original on 4 January 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2006.
  3. "Canara Engineering College". Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  4. "Various Clubs Inaugurated at Canara High School". Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  5. "The Hindu launches NIE programme in city". The Hindu. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  6. "Canara High School in Mangalore goes hi-tech". The Hindu. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  7. "Canara High School observes Founders Day". Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  8. "ASRP Fund". Retrieved 30 January 2013.
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