The Maneckji Cooper Education Trust School was founded by the Late Mr. Jehangirji Maneckji Cooper, in memory of his late father Mr. Maneckji Bejonji Cooper who was a renowned educationist. 

Mr. Maneckji Cooper was an eminent figure in educational circles. He was the pioneer of Secondary Education by private non missionary enterprises in western India. He was also the first Parsi school master to visit England in 1875 to study the educational systems of more advanced countries in the west and apply them to his work in India. Affectionately known as Maneckji Master he was a man with vision, practical abilities and courage. He devoted his entire life to the greatest cause of nation building, mainly education of children.

His sons, Mr. Kaikhushru Maneckji Cooper and Mr. Jehangirji Maneckji Cooper jointly started the firm of K. & G. Cooper, Educational Publishers, Mumbai. Their publications were widely sought after, not only in India but all over the world. The “Progressive English Composition” by P.C. Wren which was first published in July 1911 has the unique record of being one of the longest published books in the annals of the Indian School textbooks.

The Maneckji Cooper Nursery school was inaugurated on the 15th September 1959, on the birth anniversary of the Late Maneckji Cooper’s, by Honourable Shri. S. K. Patil (Union Minister of Food and Agriculture). 

Mr. Jehangirji Cooper at the time of the inauguration had prayed that “This Nursery School be a model at least in India”. That nursery has since blossomed into a full-fledged ICSE School and has been one of the best schools in the country for the last 64 years.