Mount Bethany EHSS
| Mount Bethany English Medium Higher Secondary School | |
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 Mount Bethany English Medium Higher Secondary School
 Mount Bethany English Medium Higher Secondary School
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Mylapra Pathanamthitta, Kerala India |
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| Coordinates | 9°16′48″N 76°48′00″E / 9.2800°N 76.7999°ECoordinates: 9°16′48″N 76°48′00″E / 9.2800°N 76.7999°E |
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| Type | Private school |
| Motto | Veritas Vos Liberant |
| Established | 1975 |
| Principal | Rev. Fr. Dr. Jose Kuruvila O.I.C.; M.T. Thomas |
| Faculty | >150 |
| Enrollment | Annually during May |
| Number of students | >2500 |
| Color(s) | Yellow, red |
| Mascot | Bethanian |
| Publication | Mount Bethany Yearly Magazine |
| Website | http://www.mountbethany.in/ (website for the Mount Bethany Public School, which runs under the same management as MBEHSS) |
Mount Bethany English Medium Higher Secondary School or Kerala, India. The school began providing education to lower primary level classes in the late 1970s. Later the school added further classes and now serves classes from Kindergarten to 10+2 in accordance with the Kerala Syllabus.
Due to the number of commuting students, the school offers a daily school bus service with 12 buses, reaching about 75% of the district. The school offers boarding services to students from other areas of the district and state.
The school operates under the Catholic management and employs over a hundred teaching faculty. Since its start, the school offered decades of 100% passing rate in the Kerala State SSLC examination. The school instructs students by the Kerala Syllabus and the medium used is English, even though Malayalam classes are part of the curriculum. The school provides students with other classes such as Hindi, Syriac and Spoken English.
The school is located in a village in Pathanamthitta district called Mylapra. As of 2001 India census, Mylapra had a population of 10241 with 4836 males and 5405 females. Mylapra is notable for having the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, which is a patron of the school. The village is the primary route to the Hindu pilgrim center of Sabarimala. The school is located in mountainous terrain by residential communities, providing the school with its calm and quiet atmosphere. The school is located at N 9 16'47.64, E 76 47' 59. 91 with an elevation of 135 ft.
Bethanian graduates work and study in places such as the United States, Middle East, United Kingdom, Germany, South Korea, and Australia. Bethanian graduates work both in India and abroad in all professional fields including healthcare, finance, law, IT, and aeronautics. Due to the increase in social networking sites such as Orkut and Facebook, communities have been set up to bring together alumni and students.
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