Government High School Poikunam
| School Name | Government High School Poikunam |
| Address | Poikunam, Sankarapuram, Kallakurichi, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Poikunam |
| City | Kallakurichi |
| District | Kallakurichi |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 606401 |
| Category | Secondary School |
| Block | Sankarapuram |
Government High School Poikunam is located in Poikunam, Sankarapuram, Kallakurichi, Tamilnadu and was established in year 1947. The school is a Co-educational and is located in Rural area. This is a Secondary school and is currently operational. It's affiliated with State Board for class-X exams. The school is managed by Department of Education. It comes under Sankarapuram assembly constituency. This school comes under Kallakurichi parliamentary constituency. The first mode of communication is Tamil in the school.
| Class VI to VIII | 111 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 86 Students |
| Total Students | 197 Students |
| Total Teachers | 11 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 18:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 39:1 |
This school teaches around two hundred students and has 11 teachers to teach them, thus making the student-teacher ratio of 18 students per teacher. Eight teachers are appointed on Regular basis and rest three are appointed on Part-time basis. Seven teachers are Male and remaining four are Female. In terms of Academic qualification three teachers are Graduate and rest eight are Post Graduate. None of the teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 39:1, means on an average thirty nine students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 111 students in class VI to VIII and 86 students in class IX to XII.
The school is a Govt. school in a rent free building and it has no boundary walls. The school has total five clasrooms and four other rooms. The school has internet facility for students. The school has eleven desktops, one scanner, one webcam and one generator in its premises. There is reading corner, library and book bank for students. There are four boys toilets, four girls toilets and two cwsn toilets for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.