Ghss Mekkalur
| School Name | Ghss Mekkalur |
| Address | Mekkalur, Kilpennathur, Tiruvannaamalai, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Mekkalur |
| City | Tiruvannaamalai |
| District | Tiruvannamalai |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 604601 |
| Category | Higher Secondary School |
| Block | Kilpennathur |
Ghss Mekkalur is located in Mekkalur, Kilpennathur, Tiruvannaamalai, Tamilnadu. Established in year 1998, the school is a Co-educational and is located in Rural 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 Department of Education. This school falls under Kilpennathur assembly constituency. The school is located in Tiruvannamalai parliamentary constituency. The medium of instructions is Tamil in the school.
| Class VI to VIII | 121 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 223 Students |
| Total Students | 344 Students |
| Total Teachers | 19 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 18:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 16:1 |
The institution has enrolled around four hundred students and has 19 teachers to teach them, which makes the student-teacher ratio of 18 students per teacher. Sixteen teachers are appointed on Regular basis and rest three are appointed on Part-time basis. Eleven teachers are Male and remaining eight are Female. In terms of Academic qualification two teachers are Below Graduate, two are Graduate and rest fifteen are Post Graduate. Two teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 16:1, means on an average sixteen students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 121 students in class VI to VIII and 223 students in class IX to XII.
The school is in a Govt. building and it has pucca boundary walls. The school has total twenty two clasrooms and seven other rooms. The school has internet facility for students. The school has twenty desktops, one scanner, one webcam and one generator in its premises. There is reading corner, library and book bank for students. There are five boys toilets, eight girls toilets and two cwsn toilets for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.