St Cecily’s English Higher Primary School, Udupi, started by the Apostolic Carmel Sisters in 1959, is a Minority Educational Institution as per the Constitutions of India, Article No. 30(1). The school was granted Permanent Recognition by the Department of Education Government of Karnataka, in 1965 from Standard I to VII and in the year 2022 it was upgraded to class 8. During the academic year 2022 - 2023 the school was affiliated to CBSE Board, New Delhi on 23-03-2023 to start CBSE session from the academic year 1 April 2023.