Railway Mixed Higher Secondary School, Golden Rock, Tiruchirappalli
| Railway Mixed Higher Secondary School இரயில்வே இருபாலர் மேல்நிலைப் பள்ளி |
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Railway Colony, Ponmalai Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu India |
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| Coordinates | 10°47′06″N 78°43′05″E / 10.78500°N 78.71806°ECoordinates: 10°47′06″N 78°43′05″E / 10.78500°N 78.71806°E |
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| Type | Government school |
| Motto | Study Serve Shine |
| Established | 1923 |
| Status | Open |
| School district | Tiruchirappalli |
| Oversight | Railway Board |
| President |
Divisional Railway Manager/ Chief Personnel Officer |
| Correspondent | Workshop Personnel Officer |
| Administrator | T.Mohankumar (Chief Educational Officer) |
| Principal | P. M. Amaranathan |
| Teaching staff | 29 |
| Grades | 1 - 12 |
| Enrollment | 793 |
| Houses | 4 Houses |
| Colour(s) |
Navy Blue and White |
| Athletics | Yes |
| Accreditation | Anglo Indian School Leaving Certificate (Anglo-Indian Board) and HSC |
| Schedule | M - F Except State & District Holidays |
| Information | Official Contact |
Railway Mixed Higher Secondary School, commonly Railway School or RMHSS or RMHS/EM/GOC is a Government coed day school located at Golden Rock, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. It is one among 42 schools in the state and among 4 schools in the Tiruchirapalli Revenue district that follows both Anglo-Indian Board of Education and Higher Secondary Board, catering to pupils from Class I to Class XII in bilingual pattern, viz., English and Tamil, which are the medium of instruction.
Prior to the 18th century, Golden Rock, was earlier referred by Robert Orme to the British as Sugar-Loaf Rock, where after the Battle of Golden Rock, the erstwhile Trichinopoly was divided into two parts, one called the Cantonment, which contains the residences of European & Anglo-Indian community and the garrison-barracks for stationing the European and Indian Regiments. The cantonment then comprised the present day areas of Cantonment, Tiruchirappalli Junction, Senthaneerpuram, Varahaneri, Golden Rock, Tiruchirapalli Central Prison and other major parts of southern and eastern trichy. During 1878, when the Afghan War broke, the whole of the European troops were withdrawn. According to Oral lore, some parts of the barracks were converted to dispensary and clinic. Later, the buildings were transformed for Cholera/T.B. Hospital and again as barracks and again to hospital, which was mostly devoted and preferred for the Europeans and Anglo-Indians. Around the 1920s, provision was contemplated for a Railway School since there were considerations to move the railway workshop from Negapatnam to Trichinopoly, for strategic purposes, for which foundations were laid in 1926 and permanently moved in 1928. Around the same time, two Railway schools at primary level in English Medium and Tamil Medium were established during 1923 and 1925 respectively along with an exclusive Divisional Railway Hospital was also set up and started to function here since 1927. Post-independence the administration was transferred to Indian railways, which opened many more such schools, where quality education is provided at subsidized cost to about one lakh children of railway employees and about 30,000 non-railway wards. There are about 5,500 teachers and about 1,100 non-teaching staff employed in these railway schools. Indian Railways also supports many Kendriya Vidyalayas for the benefit of wards of railway employees. Under British rule, initially the school served the purpose only for Europeans and British children, then extended to Anglo-Indians and finally exclusive to the wards of Railway employees who serve anywhere in India. In the early 1990s, admission was open to all, with substantially a little higher fee for wards of Non-Railway employees than that of Railway employee. Preference of admission is given only for wards of Railway employee. Now, this school has been elevated to Higher Secondary School.
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