St. Thomas' English Medium School language of communication (both written and verbal), all the subjects are taught in English language; apart from Hindi (subject), which is an exception and a regional language. STEMS is tied up closely with The Church. Staff members (including administrators, teachers and helpers) practice Catholicism. Daily assembly happens in the large playground where students start their day with prayers and The National Anthem of India, Jana Gana Mana. Terminal examinations are held thrice every year to keep a performance check and provide feedback about students' progress. Students are required to answer a set of questions, typically by handwriting all answers on
Supreme Court cases involving Jehovah's Witnesses by country rather an attempt to use taxation as a means of restricting the worship of Jehovah's Witnesses." In December 2000, the Federal Constitutional Court ruled that Jehovah's Witnesses did not have to pass a test of "loyalty to the state". The Federal Constitutional Court held that transfusing blood to an unconscious Jehovah's Witness violated the person's will, but did not constitute a battery. In July 1985, in the state of Kerala, some of the Jehovah's Witnesses' children were expelled from school under the instructions of Deputy Inspector of Schools for having refused to sing the national anthem, Jana Gana Mana. A