Cathedral Higher Secondary School, Palai
| School Name | Cathedral Higher Secondary School, Palai |
| Address | Ward-8, Murugankurichi, Palay-Urban, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Ward-8 |
| City | Tirunelveli |
| District | Tirunelveli |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 627002 |
| Category | Higher Secondary School |
| Block | Palay-Urban |
Cathedral Higher Secondary School, Palai is located in Ward-8, Murugankurichi, Palay-Urban, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu. Established in year 1968, the school is a Co-educational and is located in Urban area. This is a Higher Secondary school and is currently operational. It's affiliated with State Board for class-X & class-XII exams. The school is managed by Government Aided. This school falls under Palayamkottai assembly constituency. The school is located in Tirunelveli parliamentary constituency. The first mode of communication is English in the school but Tamil is also spoken during classes.
| Class VI to VIII | 420 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 1102 Students |
| Total Students | 1522 Students |
| Total Teachers | 52 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 29:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 27:1 |
The school teaches around one thousand six hundred students who are taught by 52 teachers, thus making the student-teacher ratio of 29 students per teacher. All of the teachers are appointed on Regular basis. 24 teachers are Male and remaining 28 are Female. In terms of Academic qualification six teachers are Below Graduate, eighteen are Graduate and rest 28 are Post Graduate. Four teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 27:1, means on an average twenty seven students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 420 students in class VI to VIII and 1102 students in class IX to XII.
The school is a Govt. school in a rent free building and it has pucca boundary walls. The school has total fifty seven clasrooms and seven other rooms. There is reading corner, library and book bank for students. There are twenty five boys toilets and one cwsn toilet for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.