Government Higher Secondary School Marakkanam
| School Name | Government Higher Secondary School Marakkanam |
| Address | Marakanam(S), Marakkanam, Viluppuram, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Marakanam(S) |
| City | Viluppuram |
| District | Villupuram |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 604303 |
| Category | Higher Secondary School |
| Block | Marakkanam |
Government Higher Secondary School Marakkanam is located in Marakanam(S), Marakkanam, Viluppuram, Tamilnadu and was established in year 1958. 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 Tindivanam (Sc) assembly constituency. This school is situated in Viluppuram (Sc) parliamentary constituency. The medium of instructions is English in the school but Tamil is also spoken during classes.
| Class VI to VIII | 277 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 974 Students |
| Total Students | 1251 Students |
| Total Teachers | 40 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 31:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 74:1 |
The school has enrolled around one thousand three hundred students who are taught by 40 teachers. The school has student-teacher ratio of 31 students per teacher. 37 teachers are appointed on Regular basis and rest three are appointed on Part-time basis. Seventeen teachers are Male and remaining 23 are Female. In terms of Academic qualification five teachers are Graduate and rest 35 are Post Graduate. Five teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 74:1, means on an average seventy four students sit in a classroom which does not sound comfortable. There are 277 students in class VI to VIII and 974 students in class IX to XII.
The school is in a Govt. building and it has pucca boundary walls. The school has total seventeen clasrooms and six other rooms. The school has both internet facility and DTH facility for students. The school has seventeen laptops, thirty desktops, one scanner, two webcams and one generator in its premises. There is reading corner, library and book bank for students. There are twenty five boys toilets, eleven girls toilets and two cwsn toilets for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.