Ghouthiyya Higher Secondary School
கௌதிய்யா மேல்நிலைப் பள்ளி
Begun in 1922 as a thinnai school to the fifth standard, raised to a government-aided high school in 1978 and to higher secondary in 1998.
Since 1920
A banyan treeof many roots
The Sangam began as a madrasa on South Street and grew into a primary school and a higher secondary school, a mosque three centuries old, a sabha of singers, a sporting ground and an alumni association.
- 1922
- First school opened
- 8
- Institutions & wings
- 1978
- Aided high school
- 1998
- Raised to higher secondary
Institutions
A banyan of many roots
“கௌதிய்யா சங்கம் என்பது விழுதுகள் படர்ந்த ஓர் ஆலமரம்” — the Sangam is a banyan whose aerial roots have spread. Eight wings answer to the same general body — the body of 127 members that first elected an executive committee in 1922.
Ghouthiyya Primary School
கௌதிய்யா தொடக்கப்பள்ளி
Grown from the 1922 thinnai class, whose first headmaster was T. K. Subramania Iyer, with N. S. Rathinasabapathi Pillai as his assistant.
Ghouthiyya Arabic Madrasa
கௌதிய்யா அரபி மதரஸா
Opened in 1922 at 22 South Street with a single ustad; Quran, Hadith and Arabic grammar are taught here still.
Ezhu Lebbai Jamia Masjid
ஏழு லெப்பை ஜாமிஆ மஸ்ஜித்
A mosque some three centuries old, placed under the Sangam in 1922 by 330 signatories of its twelve streets and held since by three mutawallis.
Ghouthiyya Baithu Sabha
கௌதிய்யா பைத்து சபா
The devotional baith and daff troupe that led the town's processions and gave Tamil Nadu its first such sabha — and Nagore E. M. Hanifa his first stage.
Sporting Club & Badminton Academy
கௌதியா ஸ்போர்ட்டிங் கிளப்
The Ghouthia Sporting Club ground with its arch, and the badminton academy, keep the young of the muhalla in games.
Alumni Association
கௌதிய்யா பள்ளி முன்னாள் மாணவர்கள் சங்கம்
Formed in 2022 by former students: smart classrooms, new classrooms, repairs and prizes for the school's toppers.
Numbered as in the margin of the covenant, 1920
The Founding Principle
“Let us do what we can, for those who have not.”
இயன்றதை செய்வோம் இல்லாதவர்க்கே — the ideal in which the elders founded the Sangam