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Poor results, low enrolment force Mahatma Gandhi’s school to shut down
The school was earlier known as The Alfred High School (in the memory of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh) and was built by the Nawab of the erstwhile Junagadh state and opened in 1875. Mahatma Gandhi attended the school from 1880 to 1887.
The Gujarat education department has started shutting down the 164 year old school where Mahatma Gandhi had received his secondary education. The school's building will soon be made into a museum in his memory. The upcoming museum in the school's building would showcase life and times of Gandhiji, Sardar Patel and many other prominent personalities and is expected to cost Rs. 10 crore.
It was reported that students had been unable to perform well in board exams for almost a decade and enrolment had dipped at the school. In 2013-14, no student could clear Class X examination. The state education department transferred all the teachers and brought in staff from other schools, but the results were unchanged. After the government resolution last August to close the school, around 150 students moved to Karansinhji High School, a state school nearby.
The school was earlier known as The Alfred High School (in the memory of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh) and was built by the Nawab of the erstwhile Junagadh state and opened in 1875. Mahatma Gandhi attended the school from 1880 to 1887. After India's independence in 1947, the school was rechristened Mohandas Gandhi High School.
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