| School Name: | Mar Basil Higher Secondary School |
| Location: | MAR BASIL,Higher Secondary School Kothamangalam,Ernakulam Dist, Kerala, 686, Kothamangalam, Kerala, India |
| Phone: | 2862372, 3201093 |
| Email: | n/a |
| website: | http://marbasilhss.com/ |
Mar Basil Higher Secondary School was built in the name of St.Yeldo Mar Baselious Bava. It is owned by the St. Thomas Church (cheriyapalli). The school has consistently managed to attain excellent scholastic performance over the years. That excellence has percolated into sports as well. Our recent successes in sports stand as a true testament to our commitment towards the society by creating individuals healthy in mind and body.
In 1935, an upper primary school near the St. Thomas Church, run by the State Government of Kerala was forced to close down owing to specific reasons. From then on the members of this church took it upon themselves to have an institution that would aim to uplift the educational and cultural face of Kothamangalam and its surrounding areas.
In 1936, with the help of Sir C.P Ramaswami (the Divan of Travancore under the rule of Shri Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma Maharaja), erstwhile Management Committee members, leaders and most importantly with the blessings of St.Yeldo Mar Baselious Bava, the school started functioning at the heart of Kothamangalam.
The school started with prepatory and first form then progressed towards high school. The Mar Basil Higher Secondary School can now proudly claim that over 3000 students have completed their schooling successfully.
Rev. Father. C.T.Kuriakose was the first headmaster and since then the school has steadily progressed in each and every related aspect. The Krishnan Nair Memorial Award was constituted to award high scoring students in SSLC and +2 from three high schools in Kothamanagalam. And for most of the years the students of Mar Basil have managed to win this coveted award. Inspired from the Santhosh Trophy (football) the school had initiated the Mar Basil Football Tournament. The tournament is celebrated like a festival in Kothamangalam.
The Silver Jubilee was held in 1961. The Late Mr. Philip Sir lead the event . The then Chief Minister of Kerala Sri Pattam Thanu Pillai inaugurated the jubilee. H.E. Geevarghese Mar Gregorius gave the Presidential address. The one month long program had an All India Exhibition which attracted a lot of people. In the memory of the event, an auditorium was built which was functioning till recently.
In 1996, the school celebrated Golden jubilee. The presidential address was given by the then education minister Shri T.M Jacob and Shri Noorudheen laid the foundation stone for the Mar Basil stadium .
Kothamangalam is known as the sports capital of Kerala and Mar Basil has played an active role in it. The school has stood second for many years in all of Kerala. The school has facilities to train around 100 students. It has a sports hostel and gymnasium for both boys and girls. Inorder to maintain international standards, the school has obtained the services of professional trainers and possess state of the art medical fitness check facilities etc.
The school has an excellent computer and science laboratory. It also has one of the best libraries among the schools in Kerala. In 2008-09, this school was the top most opted school by the candidates for the +2 admission. The students who passed out from Mar Basil continue to hold major positions in various parts of the world. The main strength of the school is its creative group of parents and teachers.
The school has been visited by the Pathiriyarkis Bava Ignathiyos, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Smt. Indira Gandhi, Sri. V.V. Giri, Shri Rajiv Gandhil and Shri H.D. Devegowda.
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The application forms for admission can be collected from the school, when the Admission date is announced. Outstation applicants may collect the forms from the school office through relatives/friends. Normally, admission commences from December.
:: Library :: :: Laboratories :: :: Sports Facilities ::
:: Trasportation :: :: Play Ground :: :: Band room ::
Mar Basil Higher Secondary School library offers students with an excellent selection of books and magazines on general as well as other subjects. Specious library equipped with 50000 books,magazines and its running with the help of Rotary Club.
There are sections devoted to text books and reference books, Board Examination Reviews, news papers, poetry ..etc
Kothamangalam is known as the sports capital of Kerala and Mar Basil has played an active role in it. The school has facilities to train around 100 students. It has a sports hostel and gymnasium for both boys and girls. Inorder to maintain international standards, the school has obtained the services of professional trainers and possess state of the art medical fitness check facilities etc.
10th YEAR OF GOLDEN ACHIEVEMENTS
Mar Basil has been achieving amazing growth in the sportsfield for the last ten years. The school that was nearly 'zero' in 1998 is utterly a 'hero' of today's sports world. Prof. P.K Mathew the formeer manager of the school has taken a major step towards the sports filed in 1999 by posting Mr. Jimmy Joseph and Mrs. Shiby Mathew as sports teachers and by giving practice to the nearly 30 students of that time. In the same year the school has many achievements in the state and national level. Our school was the first school which won championship in Amature Athletic meet. C.M Manoj whose name was written in golder letters in the history of sports won 5 gold medals in the 'interzone National Meet' held at Laknow. That was a splendid inspiration to school as well as management for giving more emphasise to the sports and games. The golder flutters of the Mar Basil Higher Secondary school made Kothmangalam as the centre zone of sports in kerala. Many state records are there in the name of our athlets.
Mar Basil School has a major role in the shining performance of kerala team in the National Meets. Since the year 1999 , Mar Basil athlets had achieved 44 gold 36 silver and 21 bronze for kerala stage in the National Meet held and different places.
The contributions and Co-operation of our school management is an inevitable factor behind the glorious achievement of our school. The management is giving free food and accomadation for about 100 sports students. They are also providing all the facilities such as sports goods, hostel warden , special coaches, medicine ..etc. The management is giving more concern to games and well as sports. The financial support from Government is inadequate for any of the activities in this field. At the same time, the support from SAI sports authority of India is a blessing. They supply sports kit and other sports equipments besides the stipend giving to the children’s.
