P.S Higher Secondary School was started on 13th January 1905 as a primary school in Mylapore with about 300 students.
The School owes its origin to the munificence of Pennathur Subramania Iyer, Attorney–at-law and a far sighted philanthropist of Mylapore, who had bequeathed his entire property in 1899 with the object of providing national education that would inspire our youth with the high ideals of patriotism and reverence for our ancient national culture.
P.S.Higher Secondary School, which celebrated its centenary in 2005, has produced great personalities in all walks of life. The alumni of the school have held high positions in various fields.
Former Philosopher Sri J.Krishnamurthy,Former Chief Minister of Madras Presidency Sri M.Bakthavatsalam,Former Minister in the Central Council of Ministers Sri.C.R.Pattabhi Raman,Former Chief Justice Andhra Pradesh Justice Alladi Kuppuswamy, Former Director,Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research,Kalpakkam Dr.C.V.Sundaram,Former Chairman,BARC;Scientific Advisor to PM Dr.R.Chidambaram,
Former Governor RBI Sri M.Narasimhan I.Ec.S,Former CBI Director and Ambassador,Cyprus Dr.R.K.Raghavan, Former CBI Director Sri C.V. Narasimhan, Former Justice Ranganathan, Former Railway Board Member Sri M.Ramji, ISRO Scientist Sri S.Ramakrishnan, the founder of Shankar Nethralaya,Sangita Kalanidhi Sri T.V. Sankaranarayanan Former Chairman,Central Board of Direct Taxes Sri.N.Subramanian,IRS,
Former Accountant General Sri T.B Nagarajan, IA & AS,
Former Indian Air Force Air Marshall R.Ramamurthy,Former Indian Navy Admiral N.Ramdas,Former Director, CBI Sri.C.V.Narasimhan,IPS, Former MAC Group Sri.M.A.Chidambaram,Former Chettinad Cements Sri.M.A.M.Ramaswamy,Former Murugappa Group Sri.A.M.M.Arunachalam,Former Amalgamations Group Sri.A.Sivasailam,Former Cricketer,Test Player,India Captain & International Umpire Sri.S.Venkataraghavan,Former Editor, ” THE HINDU” Sri.G.Kasturi,Former Musicologist Sri.K.S.Mhadevan, Former Veena Mastro Sri.S.Balachander, Former Drama (Stage) Sri Crazy Mohan,are some of our illustrious alumni, whom we will always remember with great pride.
The school is proud of its eminent teachers who have laid the foundation for learning coupled with exemplary character.