General Cariappa Higher Secondary School
| School Name | General Cariappa Higher Secondary School |
| Address | Ward 129, Dhandapani Street, T.Nagar, Chennai, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Ward 129 |
| City | Chennai |
| District | Chennai |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 600093 |
| Category | Higher Secondary School |
| Block | T.Nagar |
General Cariappa Higher Secondary School is located in Ward 129, Dhandapani Street, T.Nagar, Chennai, Tamilnadu. Established in year 1973, 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. It is located in Virugampakkam assembly constituency. The school is located in Chennai South parliamentary constituency. The language used to teach students is English but Tamil is also spoken during classes.
| Class VI to VIII | 295 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 511 Students |
| Total Students | 806 Students |
| Total Teachers | 25 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 32:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 25:1 |
The school teaches around nine hundred students who are taught by 25 teachers. The student-teacher ratio is 32 students per teacher. All of the teachers are appointed on Regular basis. Thirteen teachers are Male and remaining twelve are Female. In terms of Academic qualification three teachers are Below Graduate, six are Graduate and rest sixteen are Post Graduate. None of the 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 295 students in class VI to VIII and 511 students in class IX to XII.
The school is in a private building and it has pucca boundary walls. The school has total thirty two clasrooms and seven other rooms. The school has internet facility for students. The school has one laptop, three desktops and one webcam in its premises. There is both reading corner and book bank for students. There are twenty four boys toilets and sixteen girls toilets for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.