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The Laidlaw Memorial School and Junior College, Ketti

The Laidlaw Memorial School of St. George's Homes, Ketti is an English-medium school in Ketti, Tamil Nadu, India.

History

The school originated as an orphanage, St. George's Homes, in Kodaikanal. The founder was John Breeden, and Robert Laidlaw contributed funds. The institution moved to Ketti in 1922.

The school, first recognised by the Education Department of Madras as a free primary school, was raised to the status of a high school in 1944.

Notable staff

Mark Alexander Wynter-Blyth (1906–1963), naturalist, was a housemaster of the prep school, then headmaster of the Laidlaw Memorial School in Ketti, Tamil Nadu from 1941.

Media

The school appeared in the Tamil film Panneer Pushpangal.

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