Government Higher Secondary School, Agastheeswaram
| School Name | Government Higher Secondary School, Agastheeswaram |
| Address | Agastheeswaram, Nagercoil, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Agastheeswaram |
| City | Nagercoil |
| District | Kanniyakumari |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 629701 |
| Category | Higher Secondary School |
| Block | Agastheeswaram |
Government Higher Secondary School, Agastheeswaram is located in Agastheeswaram, Nagercoil, Tamilnadu and was established 74 years ago. This 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 Kanniyakumari assembly constituency. The school is located in Kanniyakumari parliamentary constituency. This is primarily Tamil medium school but English is also spoken during classes.
| Class VI to VIII | 234 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 425 Students |
| Total Students | 659 Students |
| Total Teachers | 36 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 18:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 30:1 |
This institution teaches around seven hundred students being taught by around 36 teachers. The student-teacher ratio is 18 students per teacher. 33 teachers are appointed on Regular basis and rest three are appointed on Part-time basis. Sixteen teachers are Male and remaining twenty are Female. In terms of Academic qualification two teachers are Below Graduate, three are Graduate and rest 31 are Post Graduate. Nine teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 30:1, means on an average thirty students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 234 students in class VI to VIII and 425 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 six other rooms. The school has both internet facility and DTH facility for students. The school has one laptop, five desktops, four digiboards, two webcams and one generator in its premises. There is reading corner, library and book bank for students. There are six boys toilets, six girls toilets and two cwsn toilets for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.