Government Tribal Residential High School, Karikkaiyur
| School Name | Government Tribal Residential High School, Karikkaiyur |
| Address | Garikaiyoor, Aracode, Kotagiri, Ooty, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Aracode |
| City | Ooty |
| District | The Nilgiris |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 643216 |
| Category | Secondary School |
| Block | Kotagiri |
Government Tribal Residential High School, Karikkaiyur is located in Garikaiyoor, Aracode, Kotagiri, Ooty, Tamilnadu and was established 60 years ago. This school is a Co-educational and is located in Rural area. This is a Secondary school and is currently operational. It's affiliated with State Board for class-X exams. The school is managed by Tribal Welfare Department. It comes under Coonoor assembly constituency. This school comes under Nilgiris (Sc) parliamentary constituency. The first mode of communication is Tamil in the school.
| Class VI to VIII | 56 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 38 Students |
| Total Students | 94 Students |
| Total Teachers | 4 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 24:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 19:1 |
The school teaches around one hundred students and has 4 teachers to teach them, thus making the student-teacher ratio of 24 students per teacher. All of the teachers are appointed on Regular basis. Three teachers are Male and remaining one is Female. In terms of Academic qualification two teachers are Graduate and rest two are Post Graduate. Three teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 19:1, means on an average nineteen students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 56 students in class VI to VIII and 38 students in class IX to XII.
The school is in a Govt. building and it has pucca boundary walls. The school has total five clasrooms and three other rooms. The school has ten desktops and one scanner in its premises. There is both reading corner and book bank for students. There are six boys toilets and eight girls toilets for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.