Father George Pathiyil

Father George Joseph Pathiyil was the head master of Thalassery St.Joseph's Boys High School from 1952 to 1980.He made many reformations in the school system that existed during that time.It was due to his hardwork and selfless service that he obtained the state award for the best teacher in 1976 and national award for the best teacher in 1977. Father Pathiyil is one among those eminent people who showed their excellence in all fields they dealt with. Father was able to visit many foreign countries through which he earned sufficient information regarding the co-ordination and management of institutions. He invested all those goodness that he earned by dedicating his service in our great institution. He insisted that mid term examinations are necessary for attaining good result.Due to such reformations brought about by him ,Thalassery St.Joseph's school became one among the best schools in the district.He brought into practise those systems that he obtained from the Madras Layola collage.

Father has visited a number of foreign countries .He worked as a teacher at The St.Francis Wheaton School for six years. He also assumed the positions of Calicut University senate member, Kerala Hockey Association and Amature athletic association state vice president. Father who now stays at Thellakam karithus viyani home, lives in the hearts of all those who worked along with him and in the hearts of whom he taught.

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Article collected from St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School website.