Carmel Upper Primary School Palakkayam
| School Name | Carmel Upper Primary School Palakkayam |
| Address | Thachampara1, Palakkayam, Thachampara, Mannarkkad, Palakkad, Kerala |
| Location | Thachampara1 |
| City | Palakkad |
| District | Palakkad |
| State | Kerala |
| Pincode | 678591 |
| Category | Upper Primary School |
| Block | Mannarkkad |
Carmel Upper Primary School Palakkayam is located in Thachampara1, Palakkayam, Thachampara, Mannarkkad, Palakkad, Kerala and was established 43 years ago. This school is a Co-educational and is located in Rural area. This is a Upper Primary school and is currently operational. The school is managed by Government Aided. It comes under Kongad assembly constituency. The first mode of communication is Malyalam in the school but English is also spoken during classes.
| Pre Primary | 67 Kids |
| Class I to V | 266 Students |
| Class VI to VIII | 134 Students |
| Total Students | 467 Students |
| Total Teachers | 17 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 27:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 25:1 |
The institution has strength of around five hundred students and has recruited total 17 teachers, thus making the student-teacher ratio of 27 students per teacher. All of the teachers are appointed on Regular basis. All of the teachers are Female. In terms of Academic qualification ten teachers are Below Graduate, five are Graduate and rest two are Post Graduate. Seventeen teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 25:1, means on an average twenty five students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 67 kids in pre primary, 266 students in class I to V and 134 students in class VI to VIII.
The school is in a private building and it has partial boundary walls. The school has total nineteen clasrooms and five other rooms. The school has internet facility for students. The school has fifteen laptops, seven desktops, one scanner, one printer and one generator in its premises. There is library for students. There are five boys toilets and six girls toilets for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.