Petit Seminaire Higher Secondary School

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Petit Seminaire Higher Secondary School
Address
355, Mahatma Gandhi Road Pondicherry, Puducherry 605 001 India
Coordinates	11°56′00.12″N 79°49′46.14″E / 11.9333667°N 79.8294833°E / 11.9333667; 79.8294833
Information
School type	Private Higher secondary school
Motto	Latin: Nil Magnum Nisi Bonum (English: Nothing Is Great Unless It Is Good Tamil: நல்லதே மேலானது)
Religious affiliation(s)	Catholic
Patron saint(s)	Saint Joseph
Established	January 1844
School board	Matriculation / State Board
Principal	Rev. Fr. DEVADOSS ANTONY
Gender	All-male
Classes	Lower and upper Kindergarten 1 Std to 12 Std
Average class size	60-70
Language	English
Hours in school day	8
Classrooms	156
Campuses	Main Campus Uppalam Campus
Campus	Urban
Campus size	7 acre size
Houses	Red House, Blue House, Yellow House and Green House
Colour(s)	White and grey
Nickname	PSHSS
Website	petitseminaire.org.in

Petit Seminaire Higher Secondary School is a higher secondary school for boys in the union territory of Puducherry, India started in 1844.^[1][2][3][4]

It's started as a cum collage in 1744 The history of Petit Seminaire dates back to 1844 as a seminary attended by 89 students of whom 25 seminarians. In 1873 it became a public college. In 1880, Petit Seminaire stopped receiving government subsidy, and has maintained its financial independence.

The student population showed an increase from 800 in 1903 to 1100 in 1907, of whom 700 were Catholics. In 1932, the English section was upgraded into a high school, preparing boys for matriculation and was affiliated with the Madras university. In July 1978, Petit Seminaire was born again, this time as Petit Seminaire Higher Secondary School, offering two courses of study at the higher secondary level.

The school's motto is "Nil Magnum Nisi Bonum" meaning "Nothing is great unless good".

When Fr. J. Paul became the principal of the school in December 1984 there were 3,500 students and when he left the strength was 6,100. He produced 100% results quite a few times both in Matriculation and higher Secondary. The school got the first few ranks consistently in Puducherry territory.

Tamil is taught as a compulsory subject to all students up to fifth standard. Tamil, Hindi and French are offered as optional from sixth standard onward.

English is taught as the primary language for all students from LKG(Lower Kinder Garden) to 12th standard classes.

Physical training and health education is given to all the students from lower kindergarten to higher secondary level. 'Human Resource Development' subject is taken from fourth standard to ninth standard.

All students from the lower kindergarten to tenth grade are given computer experience. Computer science is taught as a subject. It has been extended to 11th and 12th standard computer science students only.

• Part I - Primary language - English
• Part II - Secondary language - Tamil, Hindi, French
• Group I - Biology(Both Botany and Zoology), Physics & Chemistry, Mathematics (three sections - A1, A2, A3).
• Group II - Computer science, Physics & Chemistry, Mathematics (two sections - B1, B2).
• Group III - Commerce, Economics, Accountancy & Business Mathematics. (one section - C).

The principals of this school over the time are:

1. Fr. Marion Bresillac Melchior Marie Joseph (1844 – 1846)
2. Fr. Joseph-Isidore Godelle (1846 – 1850)
3. Fr. Godet Louis Prosper Adolphe Marie. (1850 – 1855)
4. Fr. Henry Joseph (1855 – 1883)
5. Fr. Dury Ernest (1883 – 1887)
6. Fr. Jegorel Jean Marie (1888 -1894)
7. Fr. Leroy Pierre Gustave (1895 – 1900)
8. Fr. Escande Pierre Etienne (1900 – 1933)
9. Fr. Guillerm Francois (1933 – 1948)
10. Fr. P. A. Swamikannu (1948 – 1960)
11. Fr. S. Peter (1960 – 1970, 1973 – 1980)
12. Fr. R. Ratchagar (1970 – 1971)
13. Fr. C. N. Philip (1971 – 72)
14. Fr. P. Jegaraj (1972 – 73)
15. Fr. M. Peter (1981 – 84)
16. Fr. J. Paul (1984 – 1997)
17. Fr. A. Arulappan – (1997 – 1999)
18. Fr. M. Dominic Rozario (1999 – 2002)
19. Fr. S. Antonisamy (2002 – 2007)
20. Fr. M. S. John Bosco (2007 – 2013)
21. Fr. P. Arulnathan (2013 - 2015)
22. Fr. R. Pascal Raj (2015– 2023)
23. Fr. Devadoss Antony (2023-present)

• Most Rev. Dr. Michael Augustine, Former Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore., who also served as the Vice-Principal of this school in 1961.
• Most Rev. Dr. Yvon Ambrose, Bishop of Tuticorin,

• Mr M.Ilango, Former Member of the Legislative Assembly

• Prof. Aswath Damodaran, "Dean of Valuation," professor of finance at the Stern School of Business at New York University (Kerschner Family Chair in Finance Education)

• Official website
• Petit Seminaire Higher Secondary School Photo