De Britto Higher Secondary School

De Britto Higher Secondary School
Address
Thirupur Main Road, Ramanagar Devakottai, Tamil Nadu India 630 302
Information
Type	Jesuit, Catholic
Motto	Towards Liberation Together with the Poor
Denomination	All faiths
Established	1943 (1943)
President	S.Joseph Kennedy, SJ
Headmaster	V.Augustine John Peter, SJ
Staff	12
Teaching staff	60
Grades	9 – 12
Gender	All boy
Enrollment	2300, 1100 hostelers
Website	debrittohssdvk

De Britto Higher Secondary School is a Jesuit school in Ramnagar, Devakottai, in Sivagangai District of Tamil Nadu, South India. It is one of the pioneering institutions of Jesuit Madurai Province.

Academics

De Britto was established in 1943 with a view to cater to the needs of the people in the low rung of the society. It is located in a town environment surrounded by a number of villages. It received permanent recognition in 1947 and was upgraded to higher secondary in 1978.

Athletics

Athletic facilities include 3 football fields, 2 for basketball, volleyball, and badminton, 1 for hockey, kabbadi, and table tennis, a 200-meter track, parallel bar and horizontal bar, and weight-lifting. Team sports are football, basketball, volleyball, hockey, batminton, table tennis, and track and field. The hockey team has been most successful, winning the state championship eight times, in 1966 and from 1970-1973, 1975, 1976, and 1978.

Associations

• National Service Scheme (11,12)
• National Cadet Corps (& band) (8.9.10)
• Boy Scouts (6,7,8)
• Junior Red Cross (7,8,9)
• National Green Corps (6,7,8,9)
• Consumer Club (7,8,9,11)
• Red Ribbon Club (11,12)
• Interact Club (11,12)

• Student Uplift Animation Movement (all students)
• Britto Band (all students)
• Albert Machado Science Club (6 through 10)
• LASAC (8,9)
• Anti-plastic Squad (6 through 9)
• Parent Teacher Association
• Old Boys Association (alumni & teachers)