Ghss, Poonthottam
| School Name | Ghss, Poonthottam |
| Address | Agarathirumalam, Poonthottam-2, Agarathirualam, Nannilam, Thiruvarur, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Agarathirumalam |
| City | Thiruvarur |
| District | Thiruvarur |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 609503 |
| Category | Higher Secondary School |
| Block | Nannilam |
Ghss, Poonthottam is located in Agarathirumalam, Poonthottam-2, Agarathirualam, Nannilam, Thiruvarur, Tamilnadu and was established in year 1963. 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. It comes under Nannilam assembly constituency. The school is located in Nagapattinam (Sc) parliamentary constituency. The language used to teach students is English but Tamil is also spoken during classes.
| Class VI to VIII | 380 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 867 Students |
| Total Students | 1247 Students |
| Total Teachers | 38 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 33:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 45:1 |
This school has enrolled around one thousand three hundred students and has recruited total 38 teachers. The school has student-teacher ratio of 33 students per teacher. 35 teachers are appointed on Regular basis and rest three are appointed on Part-time basis. Nineteen teachers are Male and remaining nineteen are Female. In terms of Academic qualification one teacher is Below Graduate, five are Graduate and rest 32 are Post Graduate. Two teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 45:1, means on an average forty five students sit in a classroom which is good. There are 380 students in class VI to VIII and 867 students in class IX to XII.
The school is in a Govt. building and it has pucca boundary walls. The school has total twenty eight clasrooms and six other rooms. The school has internet facility for students. The school has two desktops, one scanner, two LEDs, one digiboard, two webcams and one generator in its premises. There is reading corner, library and book bank for students. There are four boys toilets, eight girls toilets and four cwsn toilets for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.