Government Higher Secondary School Periyathachur
| School Name | Government Higher Secondary School Periyathachur |
| Address | Periyathachur, Mailam, Viluppuram, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Periyathachur |
| City | Viluppuram |
| District | Villupuram |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 605651 |
| Category | Higher Secondary School |
| Block | Mailam |
Government Higher Secondary School Periyathachur is located in Periyathachur, Mailam, Viluppuram, Tamilnadu and was established in year 1962. 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 Mailam assembly constituency. This school is situated in Arani parliamentary constituency. This is primarily Tamil medium school but English is also spoken during classes.
| Class VI to VIII | 210 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 414 Students |
| Total Students | 624 Students |
| Total Teachers | 24 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 26:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 27:1 |
This institution has enrolled around seven hundred students and has recruited total 24 teachers. The school has student-teacher ratio of 26 students per teacher. 22 teachers are appointed on Regular basis and rest two are appointed on Part-time basis. Eleven teachers are Male and remaining thirteen are Female. In terms of Academic qualification one teacher is Graduate and rest 23 are Post Graduate. Seven teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 27:1, means on an average twenty seven students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 210 students in class VI to VIII and 414 students in class IX to XII.
The school is in a Govt. building and it has partial boundary walls. The school has total twenty three clasrooms and seven other rooms. The school has DTH facility for students. The school has one laptop, two desktops, one LED and one webcam in its premises. There is reading corner, library and book bank for students. There are nine boys toilets, ten girls toilets and two cwsn toilets for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.