Rosary Convent High School

The Franciscan Missionaries of Mary’s involvement in education in India dates back to the foundation days of the Institute in 1877, in the Nilgiris. The idea of mass education, for girls of all classes and castes was alien to the ethos of Indian society of the 19th century. However, the efforts of missionaries to bring the benefits of education within the reach of the poorer sections found acceptance in the eyes of several reformers like Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Dayananda Saraswathi, who in turn began to advocate formal education for the masses irrespective of caste, creed and gender. It was in this context that our Foundress, Blessed Mary of the Passion encouraged her sisters to set up schools almost wherever they went in India. She ardently believed that education alone could enable Women to take their rightful place in the family and society as equal and respected partners of men. Among the 100s of FMM Institutions, Rosary Convent High School was the last school started by Mother Mary of the Passion. The FMM nuns’ persuasion to send their children to school and cajoling them not to deny their children the benefits of education, bore fruit.