About the School

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.
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.
Saraswat Education Society was formed over a 100 years ago with the primary objective of imparting quality education to children at affordable costs.

Over the past century, it has grown from running a single school to establishing and managing 5 institutions that have helped throw open a world of opportunities to thousands of young, talented minds by imparting quality education.

Today, the Society manages 3 Schools and 2 Pre-University level Colleges from its campuses in Kotekar-Ullal and Mangaluru, fulfilling the educational needs of students from South Karnataka and North Kerala.

With 1600+ students under its wing, Saraswat Education Society is focussed on building a strong academic foundation for its wards and helping them give expression to their hidden talents through well-integrated extra-curricular programmes.

Character building and personality development are a way of life here and every student who steps out of Saraswat Education Society’s Institutions looks forward to contributing to a strong nation that is proud of its rich cultural heritage.

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