About Dasar’s Higher Secondary School (DHSS)

With a present strength of about 2000 students, Dasar's High School was founded as an elementary school way back in 1919 by Dr.Henry Devadoss, B.A. LT, a social service activist who was keen in providing education to poor and needy people. He strongly felt Education alone would eradicate the poverty and uplift the poor in the society. With his keen service and selfless sacrifices the school was upgraded as Middle School in 1941. He and his wife Mrs. Mary Diraviyam popularly known as 'Saamiyar Amma' worked very hard and spent almost their entire time only focussing on the development of the school. With an intention of providing high school education to the children of Tiruninravur and its surrounding villages, he created a trust called Dasarpuram Trust Association. After elevating the school as high school this trust took up the administration of the school in 1956. A renowned educationist Mr. A.N.Schwartz became the President of the Trust and Mrs.Emily Schwartz was the Secretary and Correspondent. She had also been the Headmistress of the school for 19 years till 1973. Excellent and highly dedicated teachers joined the school in the mid sixties and laid strong foundation for a quality High School Education and sew the seed for the growth of the school in all aspects. The school was very popular during the late fifties, sixties and early seventies as this was the only school that provided a quality education for the children of Tiruninravur and nearby villages that too at free of cost. The school had the privilege of students from Avadi and as far as Tiruvallur from east to west and Komakkambedu to Kottamedu from north to south. In 1973 Mr.D.S.Madhuranayagam took up the batons from Mrs. Emily Schwartz as Head Master and continued the good work. With the starting of many English medium schools in and around Tiruninravur from early seventies it was all the more tough for him to manage the school with the same reputation and quality. But with his humble qualities and deep vision with a great service mind he proved outstanding and stood apart in improving the standards and posting an all round growth of the school which was significant until he retired in 1992. Its become tougher for Mr.C.M.Rajendran who was an old student when he took over as Head Master from Mr.D.S.Madhuranayagam in 1992, Again with his good educational background and a focused approach he had done well till he retired in 2014. One of the teacher Mr.D.Ebinezer Bakkiam has become Head Master in 2015, Correspondent continue to guide him on further growth and all other related issues. In the meantime, with the significant support from Dasar’s High School Old Students Association, the School achieved the milestone of becoming Higher Secondary in 2011 showing excellent results since its inception. With the demise of Mrs. Emily Schwartz in 2001 the mantle fell on Mr. Sam V. Iyaswamy, a great Mathematics teacher who was pioneer in bringing a high reputation for the school from mid sixties to mid eighties became Secretary and Correspondent of the school. With his long experience in the field of education in general and focused approach towards character and discipline in particular, he has been guiding Head Master Mr. D.Ebinezer Bakkiam from 2015. The school hopes to achieve one more milestone in the form of Higher Secondary and continue to serve the poor and downtrodden students.