Government Higher Secondary School Thottiyam
| School Name | Government Higher Secondary School Thottiyam |
| Address | Thottiyam, Chinnasalem, Kallakurichi, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Thottiyam |
| City | Kallakurichi |
| District | Kallakurichi |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 606201 |
| Category | Higher Secondary School |
| Block | Chinnasalem |
Government Higher Secondary School Thottiyam is located in Thottiyam, Chinnasalem, Kallakurichi, Tamilnadu. Established in year 1952, 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. The school is situated in Sankarapuram assembly constituency. This school comes under Kallakurichi parliamentary constituency. The medium of instructions is Tamil in the school but English is also spoken during classes.
| Class VI to VIII | 140 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 408 Students |
| Total Students | 548 Students |
| Total Teachers | 27 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 20:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 24:1 |
This school has around six hundred students studying who are taught by 27 teachers. The school has student-teacher ratio of 20 students per teacher. 25 teachers are appointed on Regular basis and rest two are appointed on Part-time basis. Sixteen teachers are Male and remaining eleven are Female. In terms of Academic qualification one teacher is Below Graduate, seven are Graduate and rest nineteen are Post Graduate. Five teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 24:1, means on an average twenty four students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 140 students in class VI to VIII and 408 students in class IX to XII.
The school is in a Govt. building and it has pucca but broken boundary walls. The school has total twenty three clasrooms and six other rooms. The school has one laptop, one desktop and one webcam in its premises. There is reading corner, library and book bank for students. There are nine boys toilets, seven girls toilets and one cwsn toilet for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.