St. Thomas Central School, Trivandrum

St. Thomas Central School located at Mukkolakal, Trivandrum in the state of Kerala in India is a co-educational Institution, established by The Mar Thoma Church Educational Society in November 1990. The administration of the school is vested with The Mar Thoma Church Educational Society, which is a premier educational agency registered in 1966 under the Travancore – Cochin Literary Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act, 1955.The logo of the school represents the motto “ Thamasoma Jyothir Gamaya ” – Lead us from darkness to light. “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path” - Psalms 119:105The school was started out of a circumstantial necessity that arouse out of the Kuwait War. The massive displacement of the nonresident Keralites who had to leave behind all their investment and assets in Kuwait and return to Kerala .The difficulties in finding a suitable CBSE school that could provide quality education to their children added on to their agony and confusion. It was then The Marthoma Church Educational Society came up with an innovative idea of a CBSE school, since its establishment in 1990 St. Thomas Central School has set a landmark in the educational history of Thiruvanathapuram moulding a number of talented young men and women and grooming them into worthy citizens.In November 1991 Rt.Rev Dr.Joseph Mar Iraneus, President, Mar Thoma Church Educational Society laid the foundation stone of the new school building in St. Thomas Nagar, Mukkolakkal,. In the year 1993 Honourable Minister of Human Resources Mr. Arjun Singh inaugurated the building where the school now functions in a sprawling educational campus of around 28 acres in Thiruvananthapuram city.