Mount Bethany EHSS

9°16′48″N 76°48′00″E / 9.2800°N 76.7999°E / 9.2800; 76.7999InformationTypePrivate schoolMottoVeritas Vos LiberantEstablished1975PrincipalRev. Fr. Dr. Jose Kuruvila O.I.C.; M.T. ThomasFaculty>150Number of students>2500Color(s)Yellow, redMascotBethanianPublicationMount Bethany Yearly MagazineWebsitehttp://www.mountbethany.in/ (website for the Mount Bethany Public School, which runs under the same management as MBEHSS)

Mount Bethany English Medium Higher Secondary School is a school in Kerala, India. The school began providing education to lower primary level classes in the late 1970s. Later the school added further classes and now serves classes from Kindergarten to 10+2 in accordance with the Kerala Syllabus.

Incident

On 31 August 2005 the roof tiles of the secondary wing collapsed, injuring more than 20 students and 1 teacher. The incident occurred during lunch time. The three storied building was built in the 1970s, under the first construction plan of the school. The injured were taken to Muthoot Medical Centre by the school emergency officials, providing them with preliminary care. According to the police, the students suffered from minor head and back injuries and the teacher had only few bruises. The school was only shut down for two days and resumed normal classes the following Thursday.

The site was visited by MLAs Thomas Isaac, Raju Abraham and the district collector. The collapsed roof was reinstalled with modern construction materials.^[1]

Notable alumni

• Mythili; Malayalam film actress who debuted in the film Paleri Manikyam
• Veena George; M.L.A of Aranmula constituency.
• Prejish Prakash; Film editor who edited the movie Philips and the Monkey Pen etc .

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