About Ganapathy English Medium School

Our History

In the very heart of Mangaluru, housed in a fiery red stone heritage building stands the bustling, historic Ganapathy High School (GHS). Its mere mention evokes awe among its current students and cherished memories among the alumni. 

A legendary institution that began as the “Saraswat School” from the humble precincts of the Shri Umamaheshwara Temple in 1870, it went on to become a model school with a curriculum prescribed by the Madras Presidency, of which Mangalore was then a part.

In 1909, the school was officially named Ganapathy Secondary School and found itself operating from a ramshackle barrack-style building on Field Street.

Expansion

• We shifted to our current 2-acre campus at Hampankatta in 1915.
• In 1918, we commenced a structured upgrade and achieved High School status.  Carpentry and weaving were introduced as crafts, and its students even won certificates of merit in far-away places like the Trichur Exhibition.
• By 1924 the winds of British-style modernization were sweeping through the Indian education edifice and the Ganapathy High School was no exception.  A children’s block, co-education, scouts, and new systems of teaching were rapidly introduced.
• With an increasing demand for English-medium education in Mangaluru, Ganapathy English Medium School (GEMS) was started in 1989.
• For a few years, Ganapathy High School and Ganapathy English Medium School were operating in parallel. Over time, the huge demand and popularity of English-medium education overpowered the local medium of instruction and led to a slow decline in admissions for the Kannada-medium Ganapathy High School. 

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