Nazareth is a town in the
Thoothukudi district in the
Indian state of
Tamil Nadu.Nazareth is situated near the southern tip of the
Nazareth is in Thoothukudi district. It is about 50 km from
Thoothukudi; and about 36 km from
Tirunelveli. It has a railway station and a bus station. Several villages surrounding Nazareth are considered part of Nazareth.
Several daily trains to
Chennai pass through Tirunelveli. Nazareth is connected to major cities in Tamil Nadu as well as to villages in the area. Bus services include direct nightly services to Chennai,
Coimbatore,
Bangalore and other places. it has been named after the gosple of christians to tamilandu as the country nazareth, today. where jesus spent his days and was called as son of
The town has several small schools including an Margoschis
Matriculation School,
Seventh day Adventist,
Solomon Matriculation School and
Nightingale Nursery and
Primary School.
Tamil medium schools include Kaspa,
St. Johns model School, Dr. Maduram School, etc.
Primary &
Middle Schools
Tamil
Medium
Raobahathu Rr. A. Aathuram
T.D.T.A. Middle School at Vaguthankuppam
T.D.T.A Kaspa Primary School
St. Johns model School
Dr. Maduram Middle School
St.Joseph R.C. Primary School at Kandasamypuram
Thiruvalluvar Colony School
English Medium
Margoschis Matriculation School
Seventh day Adventist School
Solomon Matriculation School
Nightingale Nursery and Primary School
Margoschis
Higher Secondary School
[2] The first evangelist Aerion started a
Primary school in 1839 with the aim of imparting education to the local children.
Soon another school was started for girls. In
1880 the
Boys’ Primary School became a
Higher Grade Middle School. When
Canon Arthur Margoschis was the
Missionary at Nazareth, the Higher Grade Middle School became an "Anglo-vernacular School". In 1885, this school was selected for the
Award of the "
Best School of the
Madras Presidency" and in the very same year, it was upgraded into a
High school. But unfortunately in
1990, the high school classes were taken away from this high school and attached to the
Caldwell High School, Thoothukudi. So the school at Nazareth was reverted into a Higher Grade Middle School. From 1890 to 1912, it served as a model school for the Higher Grade
Teacher Trainees. In
1909, it became a recognized
Middle school and in that capacity it continued to
function till 1932.
The school attained the status of a high school again on
23 October 1932. New buildings were added to the school at various periods to meet the need for additional classrooms, laboratories etc. When the new educational pattern of
10 +2 was introduced, the school was upgraded into a Higher Secondary School in 1978.
True to its motto "Learn, labour and be lighted", this institution spreads the light of enlightenment all around and inculcates in its students a spirit of enquiry and a sense of devotion and dedication to noble causes. Many orphanage students study at the school, which has an enrollment of nearly 1600. Most graduates work abroad. The school is a government-aided minority educational institution owned and managed by the
CSI Thoothukudi-Nazareth Diocese.
St John's Girls Higher Secondary School
St. John's Girl’s Hr. Sec. School which is like a light house which gives light of knowledge in
Thoothukudi District, is the first school in south
India and a third one in India, which was started for girls. It was started by
Rev. Hough in 1820. It was upgraded into St. John's
Girls High School in 1886, by the sacrifice and task of many
English missionaries Rev. Camerar,
Green, Swingler and
Evans showed much interest in the development of the school and worked for it.
St. Michael,
St. Gabriel and
Guardian Angels hostels were built. The chapel was built by the efforts of Rev.
G.T. Selwyn and dedicated to the service of God in
1939. It was upgraded into Hr. Sec. School in 1978. Homes run by KNII and world vision are also here and many poor girls arc benefited by them. The motto of the school is "
To Love is to serve" 1600 girl’s are studying here and there are forty three teachers working here.
NCC,
Red Cross,
Bharat Scout & Guides,
NSS, Sunday
Class and
Prayer Group Programmes are conducted here successfully.
Higher education
Polytechnic College
Jayaraj Annapackiam CSI Polytechnic College[3]
Engineering College
Jayaraj Annapackiam CSI Engineering College operates in Margoschis
Nagar in Nazareth.[4]
Arts and
Science College
Nazareth Margoschis
College is located at Pillaiyannmanai
Nursing college
C.SI ST.LUKE's
B.Sc Nursing college was started in
2011 in Thirumaraiyur, Nazareth.[6]
Training Schools
The Art Industrial School in Nazareth is a relatively well known technical training school in that part of the district.
St. John's
Teacher Training Institute
St.Lukes
Community College - present inside the
Luke's
Hospital Campus..
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