History of the Thambu School: Sri. Ramakrishanama Naidu and Palaniswamy charities stared this school in an area of 6.41 acres. Mr. When our student B. N.C.C. N.S.S.
Thambu High School was stared on 1st July 1970 in memory of Thambu, the only son of our founder Sri.PalaniSwamy, with a pupil strength of 53 and staff strength of 2 with standard 6 and 9. The objectives of the charities include the establishment and maintenance of Educational Institutions, conduct of research and acquisition of advanced scientific knowledge. The Charities assure that there shall b
e no discrimination on the ground of class, creed or community. The School obtained recognition from Tamil Nadu Government on 1st July 1970 for staff grant. Sri Ramakrishnama Naidu and Palaniswami Charities were renamed as Bluemount Charities in 1987. Thambu's birthday is celebrated as school day on 27th September of every year in a grand manner and thousands of people throng the school for a cultural fiesta. The Management and teachers give cash prizes and mementos to meritorious pupil for their academic excellence on the school day. Thambu Memory day is observed every year on 27th July with Bhajans and meditation of our pupils and bhajan parties from outside. Chinnaswamy Naidu, an eminent educationist, who was Headmaster of Mani Higher Secondary School and later its secretary, was the President of our school Committee from its inception on 19th June 1975 till his death in 1984. Under his sagacious stewardship, our school benefited a lot. R.Govindarajulu, the President of No.4 Veerapandi Town Panchayat and well-wisher of this school became the President of the School committee in 1985 and continued till 1993. As he is a native of this village, and an enthusiastic sports man, his contribution was commendable. Upon his resignation Mr.E.Venkatesalu Naidu, another eminent educationist, retired HeadMaster of Rajalakshmi Mills High School and the present Correspondent of Sri.Ramakrishna Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Coimbatore, took over the reins of the Presidentship of our school committee in 1993. His Association with us is a great honor in the comity of Coimbatore Schools. The founder, Sri.S.Palaniswamy Naidu, continued as secretary and Managing trustee of this school for 22 years. The school made great strides during his stewardship. Mrs.P.Pappayammal has token as the Managing trustee of BLUEMOUNT Charities. Sri.S.Palaniswamy Naidu handed over the secretary ship to his daughter, Mrs.Chitra Samapthkumar, B.Com., in 1992. After her assumption of office, 14 more class rooms have been built. Higher Secondary was stared in 1994. It has well planned and well equipped Physics, Chemistry, Biology labs and an Air Conditioned Computer Science room with 20 computers and 2 printers which also has an internet connection. Our newly built computer room cm meeting hall is nearly 2000 squire feet and has 08 computers, a Dot matrix printer and 2UPS. The First Headmaster of the school was Mr.P.N.Balakrishnan (20-07-1970 to 12-01-1976). Mr.V.Naryanaswamy B.A., B.T., was appointed as Headmaster in 1976. He came on deputation from Tamilnadu Educational Service (Deputy Inspector of schools). He was Headmaster from 06-02-1976 to 05-02-1979. English Medium was stared during his tenure of office. Mr.A.Palaniswamy M.A., M.Ed., assumed office as Headmaster in 1979 and retired on 31-5-1999. Since his assumption of office our school began getting more percentage of result in SSLC. Our school became one of the famous schools in Coimbatore Educational District, not only in academic studies but also in sports and games, literary field etc., The Management conducted a grand farewell party to him and offered him a diamond ring in recognition of his service. The then Asst.Headmaster Mr.N.C.Nandagopalan was given the appointment order on 31-05-1999 as Headmaster and felicitated by the Management. Mr.N.C.Nandagopalan took over the charge as Headmaster on 01-06-1999. To help him Mr.G.R.Naryanaswamy, Maths Asst, was appointed as Asst.Headmaster on 16-06-1999. During their tenure our schools developed by leaps and bounds and assume great heights among the Educational Institutions Mr.N.C.Nandagopalan was the recipients of Dr. Radhakrishnan award in the year 2004 and wish him be National awardees this year (2006). Mr.N.C.Nandagopalan laid down office on 31.05.2006. Our duo secretaries with their august gathering of trustees and teachers bid him a grand farewell with remarkable gift of a diamond ring. Their benevolence is a hall mark in the annuals of our institutions. Mr.J.Soundararaj, our English Teacher took over the charges as Headmaster In-Charge on 01-06-2006. Students’ strength in Thambu Education institution in 2006
Students’ Strength 2370
Teaching Staff Strength 75
Non-Teaching Staff strength 25
Selvi.S.Janaki Ramani, an English Medium pupil, got the state Third rank in English 1992-93 S.S.L.C Public Examination by scoring 97/100. Selvi.V.Vahini, another English Medium pupil, scored 476/500 in 1996-97 S.S.L.C. Public Examination, and was Second Rank holder in total in Coimbatore Revenue District. She got a Merit Scholarship from the Chief Minister of Tamilnadu besides free education up to her graduation. R.Baskaralingam of X stands 3rd in Coimbatore revenue District in 2001 S.S.L.C Public Examination by securing 483 marks. We have achieved 99% in X STD in April 2003. We achieved district II and III ranks in the SSLC Examination 2002 March results. In 2004 March SSLC examination, we stand 2nd in Coimbatore Educational District. Mercy Madilda scored 487/500. In 2005 March SSLC Examination, we stand 1st in Coimbatore Educational District when our student R. Srimathi scored 481/500. Our pupil S.P. Chitra attained Coimbatore District 1 rank in +2 Examinations March 2006. Our school is the only school to got 100%result in plus 2 public examinations March 2006 in Coimbatore Educational District among 112 state board schools. English Medium sections have been getting almost 100% results in S.S.L.C. public Examinations. Selvan L.Sudarsan of Std. XII stood first in Tamil by scoring 191/200 in Higher Secondary Public Examination in 1997 in Coimbatore Revenue District and he was awarded Rs.5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand only) from Dinakaran Tamil Daily. Our school got 100% result in plus 2 Examination five times in 6 years. was started in 1978 with 100 cadets and the first A.N.O. was Mr.N.C.Nandagopalan and consequent on his appointment as Assistant Headmaster in1980, he relinquished his role as A.N.O in 1981. The second A.N.O. was Mr.K.T.Palaniappan (1982 to 1987) the Third N.C.C.Officer was First Officer J.Soundararaj. At Present Third Officer K.Ramesh is our A.N.O. In sports and games our pupils have won laurels in Coimbatore North Zone, Inter Zone and Inter District Levels. Boopalan has won many prizes in chess Tournaments at State and National Levels. Tamil Lit. Association has been conducting meetings once in two months and eminent speakers from different spheres grace the functions. The pupils participate in the competition in the neighbourhood and win many prizes. English literary Association was started for the first time in our school on 31.08.2001 for the furtherance of English Language teaching and the promotion of spoken English component. Scout, Junior Red Cross has also been doing a good service in and outside the school. Four Scouts of our school have won Rastrapathi Purashkar award in 2003, and 2 Scouts have won Rajya Puraskar award. was stared in August 1999 with the strength of 55. Each NSS student does 120 hours of work in a year besides taking part in annual and special camps for community living and social service. Teachers’ Day is celebrated in a grand manner every year. Our teachers on completion of 20 years of service are honored. Retired teachers of other institutions and award winning teachers are also honored on the occasion by the management. The trait helping others is fostered here. Our children collected Rs.20, 000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand only) towards contribution to Helpage India in 1985.We have a corpus of Rs.50,000/- (rupees fifty only) to help our physically handicapped pupils. Our Headmaster donates Rs.2000/- worth of books every year to the school Library on the occasion of his birthday, 15th august (He was born on 15 August 1947, our Independence Day). He donates Rs.2000 to students for their academic excellence every year. He organizes a Year End Party to all the members of the Staff as a token of his appreciation for their unstained Co-operation during the academic year. Our Headmaster was honored with Dr.Radhakrishnan Award by the Government of Tamilnadu in 2004 for his meritorious and distinguished service. He is the First Recipient of this prestigious award in our school history since 1970. The Headmaster with the help of generous minded people around has collected nearly Rs.16000 this year to help economically weaker students for the payment of their fees. Focus is given to specific aspects on Saturday like 1.Libray 2.Dictionary 3.Grammar Exercises 4.Supplementary reader. Special coaching is imparted to slow learners between 4.00 pm and 5.00 pm on all days and Saturdays. A full time Librarian was appointed in June 2001 for inculcating the reading habit among the pupils. There are 6256 books and every year Rs.20, 000 is spent for the purchase of books. Our School with a large number of trees looks like Shanti Nikethan. Daily prayer is conducted and excellent talks are made by teachers over the mike for the Spiritual and Cultural and Development of the students. The Teachers work as a team for the furtherance of education. The management with Mr.N.Sampathkumar as Secretary of Thambu Nursery and Primary School and Mrs.Chitra Sampathkumar as Secretary of Thambu Higher Secondary School has been doing everything possible to make Thambu Educational Institution as a Model Institution. The teachers hold them in high esteem and do dedicated service. The other three daughters of our founder president, the three son-in-law and the close relatives of all the four families have identified fully with the Thambu Educational Family for its all round development for which the teaching and non-teaching staff honor them greatly.
