Saturday, October 23, 2010

The school was established in 1915 and it is managed by the Private Aided Management. It is located in rural area. It is situated at a distance of about 3 km. from the Block HQ. It is located in EDAPPAL block of MALAPPURAM district of KERALA. The school consists of Grades from 1 to 5. The school is co-educational and it does not have an attached pre-primary section. The school is non-residential in nature and is not using school building as a shift-school. During the previous academic year, the school functioned for 195 days. It had 2 academic inspections and was 3 times visited by the CRC Coordinator during the previous academic year. It was 3 times visited by the BRC Coordinator. Malayalam is the medium of instructions in this school.
Facilities in School
The school has 4 building blocks which are housed in a Private building. It has got 5 classrooms for instructional purposes. All the classrooms are in good condition. It has 6 other rooms for non-teaching activities. The school has a separate room for Head master/Teacher.
The school has got pucca boundary wall. The school has electricity connection. The source of Drinking Water in the school is Well. The school has a playground. The school does not have a book-bank. The school arranged medical check-up for its students during the previous academic year. It has got ramp for the disabled children. The school has got 7 blackboards for the use of teachers and 8 blackboards at the ground level for the use of children. The school has got one computer. The school is not having a computer aided learning lab. The school hasn't received the one time Kitchen Devices Grant. The school is providing Mid-day meal & it is prepared in the school premises.
Teachers
Mr./Ms. V.T.JAYAPRAKASH is the Head Master/Teacher of school. The school has 6 regular teachers in position against a sanctioned strength of 6 posts. The school has 5 female teachers. It has no Para-Teacher. The school does not have non-teaching staff. Precisely, 1 teacher of school is having graduate and above degrees. On the other hand, all teachers have professional certification(s)/degree(s). The Pupil-Teacher Ratio (PTR) of the school is 47:1 and the Student-Classroom Ratio (SCR), 57:1. On an average, about 57 students sit in one classroom which sounds bit uncomfortable.
During the previous academic year, no teacher was engaged for even a single day in non-teaching assignments.
Funds and Grants
Under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Programme, the school received a sum of Rs.3000/- and Rs.3000/- on account of School Development and TLM Grants respectively. It has utilized 100 per cent School Development and TLM Grants. The school did not collect any funds from students during the previous academic year.
Enrolment
The total enrolment of school is 283, out of which boys' enrolment is 138 (48.8 per cent) and girls' enrolment, 145 (51.2 per cent). The SC enrolment is 0, ST enrolment, 121 (42.8 per cent) and OBC enrolment, 150 (53.0 per cent). A total of 1 (0.7 per cent) boys and 4 (2.8 per cent) girls repeated primary grades during the previous academic year. The school has 8 disabled children.
Incentives to Students
A number of incentives such as free textbooks (142 students), stationery (0 students), uniform (0 students) and attendance scholarship (0 students) were provided to students during the previous academic year.
School Examinations
Information about examination results is not provided by the school.
Strengths
    The school has a boundary wall.
    The school has got computer in the school.
    Teachers of school are well qualified as they have graduate & above degrees.
    The teachers are professionally qualified.
    The school has a regular Head Master/Teacher.
    The school has a separate room for Head Master/Teacher.
    The school was inspected during the previous academic year.
    The school was visited by the CRC Coordinator during the previous academic year.
    There are female teachers in the school.
    The school is providing Mid-day meal.