Govt. Model Higher Secondary School
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Government Model Boys Higher Secondary School, (earlier called Government Model High School) is a school located in Thycaud, Thiruvananthapuram
, India
. The school is affiliated to the Kerala State Board of Education, and one of the oldest schools in Kerala
.
for the training of male teachers. It was situated in the compound where St.Joseph's Higher Secondary school
is situated at present. In 1903 it was shifted to Thycaud. The magnificent main building of the school, an example of European architecture, was built in 1910 during the reign of Maharaja Sree Moolam Thirunal Ramavarma.
The institution flourished under the leadership of the first Headmaster Dr.C F Clarke. He served in office for three years. He lived inside the school campus, the bungalow in which he stayed still remains as Clarkes's Bungalow. The school was the city's first English, Malayalam, Tamil medium school.
Model School comes under 2 Kerala battalion of NCC.
Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram , formerly known as Trivandrum, is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala and the headquarters of the Thiruvananthapuram District. It is located on the west coast of India near the extreme south of the mainland...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. The school is affiliated to the Kerala State Board of Education, and one of the oldest schools in Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
.
History
The history of the school goes back to 1885,when a normal school was started in Trivandrum by the Government of TravancoreTravancore
Kingdom of Travancore was a former Hindu feudal kingdom and Indian Princely State with its capital at Padmanabhapuram or Trivandrum ruled by the Travancore Royal Family. The Kingdom of Travancore comprised most of modern day southern Kerala, Kanyakumari district, and the southernmost parts of...
for the training of male teachers. It was situated in the compound where St.Joseph's Higher Secondary school
St.Joseph's Higher Secondary School
-Kerala, India:* St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Thiruvananthapuram* St.Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Thalassery...
is situated at present. In 1903 it was shifted to Thycaud. The magnificent main building of the school, an example of European architecture, was built in 1910 during the reign of Maharaja Sree Moolam Thirunal Ramavarma.
The institution flourished under the leadership of the first Headmaster Dr.C F Clarke. He served in office for three years. He lived inside the school campus, the bungalow in which he stayed still remains as Clarkes's Bungalow. The school was the city's first English, Malayalam, Tamil medium school.
The school today
The school has 5000 students from classes from one to twelve (popularly known as +2) who are being educated by a teaching staff of 150. The school has multiple buildings to house the students - from the imperialistic main building, to the newly created modern PTA Building. The school seats around 500 students every year for the SSLC and Higher Secondary Exams.Model School comes under 2 Kerala battalion of NCC.
Higher Secondary School
When the Kerala State Board of Education decided to move the 2 year intermediate course (the course between High School and University) from colleges to schools in 1998, Model School was part of the program. As part of this change, the name of the school was changed to Government Model Higher Secondary School.Notable alumni
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