Government Higher Secondary School Periyasiruvathur
| School Name | Government Higher Secondary School Periyasiruvathur |
| Address | Siruvathur Colony, Siruvathur, Kallakurichi, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Siruvathur |
| City | Kallakurichi |
| District | Kallakurichi |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 606201 |
| Category | Higher Secondary School |
| Block | Kallakurichi |
Government Higher Secondary School Periyasiruvathur is located in Siruvathur Colony, Siruvathur, Kallakurichi, Tamilnadu and was established 56 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. The school is situated in Kallakurichi (Sc) assembly constituency. The school is located in Kallakurichi parliamentary constituency. This is primarily Tamil medium school but English is also spoken during classes.
| Class VI to VIII | 203 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 641 Students |
| Total Students | 844 Students |
| Total Teachers | 29 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 29:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 42:1 |
The school has strength of around nine hundred students being taught by around 29 teachers, thus making the student-teacher ratio of 29 students per teacher. 26 teachers are appointed on Regular basis and rest three are appointed on Part-time basis. Nineteen teachers are Male and remaining ten are Female. In terms of Academic qualification three teachers are Graduate and rest 26 are Post Graduate. Fifteen teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 42:1, means on an average forty two students sit in a classroom which is good. There are 203 students in class VI to VIII and 641 students in class IX to XII.
The school is in a Govt. building and it has pucca boundary walls. The school has total twenty clasrooms and four other rooms. The school has one laptop, two desktops, two tablets and one webcam in its premises. There is both reading corner and book bank for students. There are ten boys toilets, fifteen girls toilets and two cwsn toilets for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.