[1] The N R Iyer Memorial Education Society, registered under Societies Registration Act, 1860 was formed by South Indian residents in Kolkata in January 1935 with the object of taking over the Anglo-Tamil School founded in 1913 by the Tamil speaking people and promoting the cause of education primarily for the South Indian children in Kolkata.
[2] The primary and secondary sections were housed in the Society's building at 164, Sarat Bose Road, Kolkata.
Higher Secondary Curriculum (Plus two course) was added to both the high schools when the course was introduced by the Government.
At present the medium of instruction in both the schools from kindergarten to higher secondary is English with Tamil or Hindi as first language.
[2] The higher secondary section offers students a choice between Tamil, Hindi and Bengali and the vernacular course.