Olcott Memorial High School

Short description: Secondary school in Tamil Nadu, India

Short description: School in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Olcott Memorial High School

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New No.2, (Old No.28) Besant Avenue,

Besant Nagar

Chennai

Tamil Nadu

600090

India

Coordinates|  [ ⚑ ] : 13°00′14″N 80°16′04″E﻿ / ﻿13.0039°N 80.2678°E﻿ / 13.0039; 80.2678
Information
Established| 1894
Founder| Henry Steel Olcott
Gender| Boys and Girl
Language| English, Tamil
Website| oesindia.org

Olcott Memorial High School is a secondary school located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India . It is a free school providing free education, school uniforms, educational materials and nutritious meals to about 500 underprivileged boys and girls.

## History

The school was started in 1894 by Colonel Olcott with the intention to provide educational upliftment of Paraiyar children.[1] It was the first Paraiyar school in the city.[2] After the demise of Olcott in 1907, the school was renamed as Olcott Memorial Panchama (Paraiyar) School.[3]

The school provides free education, uniforms, books, and two daily meals to lot of impoverished rural children in Chennai. The school is a portion of Theosophical Society Adyar's charity work. From 1935 to 1998, the school was Government aided. From 1999, Theosophical Society took the responsibility again.[1]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "A school for the poor that the rich may envy". Good News India (India). http://www.goodnewsindia.com/index.php/magazine/story/olcott/P0/.
2. ↑ "Caste back into Tamil literary domain". The New Indian Express (Chennai, India). 5 December 2013. http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Caste-back-into-Tamil-literary-domain/2013/12/05/article1927893.ece.
3. ↑ "Gandhi, Thaatha, ThaLapathy, Kudumbar…". LankaWeb (Sri Lanka). 16 November 2009. http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2009/11/16/gandhi-thaathathalapathy-kudumbar/.

## External links

* ashanet \- Olcott Memorial High School - Bridge Project
* Olcott Memorial School

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