New Delhi: Holy Cross Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School, Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, has been conferred with the title, ‘Pride of Catholic Church.”
The award was given on November 13 by Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) Office for Education and Culture, New Delhi, and Tamil Nadu Catholic Educational Association, Chennai.
Sister Nirmala, the headmistress, said the school was selected on the basis of compliance with quality assessment on ‘All India Catholic Education Policy,’ The Hindu newspaper reported on November 21.
The policy evaluates a school on various parameters, including educational excellence, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities, student support services, faculty, infrastructure, eco-friendly environment, value-based education, faith formation strategy for Catholic students and moral instructional classes for those from other religions.
The headmistress said this award was the fruit of dedication and hard work of the pioneers, the ‘Sisters of The Cross,’ teaching and non-teaching staff and students over the years who contributed their might to the mission.
‘The school having traversed 110 years for the cause of education aims at providing students with an all-round formation to imbibe in them such values much needed in the world today,” she added.