Schools in Mangalore provide education from primary to secondary level. The schools at Mangalore aim to provide quality education. To achieve this objective they appoint qualified and experienced teaching staff.

The Mangalore schools can be classified into three groups - lower primary, higher primary and high school. At present, the lower primary school comprises of classes from 1 to 5, higher primary consists of classes from 6 to 8 and the high school is constituted of classes 9 and 10.

The schools around Mangalore operate under the guidance of the department headed by Commissioner of Public Instruction. They are affiliated to any of the following three boards of education for the secondary and higher secondary examinations:

Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi (ICSE)
Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi (CBSE)
Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board

For admission into the lower and higher primary and high schools of Mangalore, one needs to sit for a written test. The candidates are tested only on two subjects - English and Mathematics.

Following is a list of some of the most popular schools in Mangalore:

Holy Angels Higher Primary School
Permannur, Mangalore
Sacred Heart High School
Kulshekar, Mangalore
St Lawrence Higher Primary School
Bondel, Mangalore
Besant National Girls High School
Kodialbail, Mangalore
Sri Ramakrishna High School
Bunts Hostel Road, Mangalore
Anandashram High School
Kotekar, Mangalore
St Agnes Girls High School
Bendoor, Mangalore

Last Updated on 21 September 2011

Mangalore Education