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By Express News ServiceTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As part of the year-long Asheethi celebrations being held at St Mary’s Higher Secondary School, Pattom—one of the largest schools in Asia in terms of the student strength—an art gallery and museum displaying the history of the school, its formation and achievements will be inaugurated on Friday. The school which was set up in 1940 with just 12 teachers and about 260 students now has over 13,000 students. A modern library is also being set up at the school with the mission to collect about 1 lakh books. At present, there are about 40,015 books in the school library. A short film festival is also being conducted in the school.A digital magazine will also be released after the inauguration of the St Mary’s Museum and art gallery..