Government Higher Secondary School Thenkapattanam
| School Name | Government Higher Secondary School Thenkapattanam |
| Address | Thoppu, Painkulam, Munchirai, Nagercoil, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Painkulam |
| City | Nagercoil |
| District | Kanniyakumari |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 629173 |
| Category | Higher Secondary School |
| Block | Munchirai |
Government Higher Secondary School Thenkapattanam is located in Thoppu, Painkulam, Munchirai, Nagercoil, Tamilnadu and was established 72 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. It comes under Killiyoor assembly constituency. The school falls under Kanniyakumari parliamentary constituency. The language used to teach students is Tamil but English is also spoken during classes.
| Class VI to VIII | 73 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 122 Students |
| Total Students | 195 Students |
| Total Teachers | 18 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 11:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 10:1 |
This institution has around two hundred students studying being taught by around 18 teachers. The school has student-teacher ratio of 11 students per teacher. Fifteen teachers are appointed on Regular basis and rest three are appointed on Part-time basis. Five teachers are Male and remaining thirteen are Female. In terms of Academic qualification two teachers are Below Graduate and rest sixteen are Post Graduate. One teacher is trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 10:1, means on an average ten students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 73 students in class VI to VIII and 122 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 internet facility for students. The school has seven laptops, twenty two desktops, one scanner, one digiboard, one webcam and one generator in its premises. There is reading corner, library and book bank for students. There are two boys toilets, one girls toilet and one cwsn toilet for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.