H. S. S. Lawrence
Harris Sam Sahayam Lawrence (28 July 1923 – 21 April 2009) is an Indian educationalist born in Nagercoil, Tamilnadu.
He is the eldest of five children born to his parents, Sam and Arulammal Harris. He hails from Santhapuram, Kanyakumari, Tamilnadu. His father named him Lawrence after John Lawrence and Henry Lawrence, two brothers one of whom was the Viceroy.
As Special Officer for restructuring Educational Pattern in Tamilnadu and as Director of School Education, Lawrence planned and implemented the All India 10+2+3 pattern of education in 1978. During 1993–1994, Lawrence was Chairman of a High Level Committee on Vocational Education, constituted by the Government of Tamilnadu, and solved the long standing problem of salaries for the vocational teachers by raising it and installed a strong management structure for Vocational Education in Tamilnadu. He was conferred the title of "Father of Vocational Education in Tamilnadu".
Lawrence wrote his autobiography called The Hand of God My Life and Times published by OM Books, Secunderabad, India on July 28, 2004.
He is married to Maisie Lawrence whom he met in 1951. He has two daughters: Chennai-based Usha Rajendran and Bahrain-based Ashalatha Sidney Ponniah. Lawrence lives in Anna Nagar, Chennai, Tamilnadu with his wife. He has five grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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