Olcott Memorial High School

Secondary school in Tamil Nadu, India

Olcott Memorial High School

Address

2, 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

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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

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1. ^ a b "A school for the poor that the rich may envy". Good News India. India. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
2. ^ "Caste back into Tamil literary domain". The New Indian Express. Chennai, India. 5 December 2013. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014.
3. ^ "Gandhi, Thaatha, ThaLapathy, Kudumbar…". LankaWeb. Sri Lanka. 16 November 2009.

## External links

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

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