Government Tribal Residential High School Papanasam Upperdam
| School Name | Government Tribal Residential High School Papanasam Upperdam |
| Address | Vickramasingapuram, Ward 9vikramasingapuram, Ambasamudram, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Vickramasingapuram |
| City | Tirunelveli |
| District | Tirunelveli |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 627425 |
| Category | Secondary School |
| Block | Ambasamudram |
Government Tribal Residential High School Papanasam Upperdam is located in Vickramasingapuram, Ward 9vikramasingapuram, Ambasamudram, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu and was established in year 1966. The 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. The school comes under Vikramasingapuram municipality. It comes under Ambasamudram assembly constituency. The school falls under Tirunelveli parliamentary constituency. The first mode of communication is Tamil in the school.
| Class VI to VIII | 16 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 26 Students |
| Total Students | 42 Students |
| Total Teachers | 5 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 8:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 6:1 |
This institution has strength of around one hundred students and has recruited total 5 teachers. The school has student-teacher ratio of 8 students per teacher. All of the teachers are appointed on Regular basis. All of the teachers are Female. In terms of Academic qualification two teachers are Below Graduate, one is Graduate and rest two are Post Graduate. One teacher is trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 6:1, means on an average six students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 16 students in class VI to VIII and 26 students in class IX to XII.
The school is in a Govt. building and it has pucca boundary walls. The school has total seven clasrooms and two other rooms. The school has ten desktops, one LED and one webcam in its premises. There is reading corner, library and book bank for students. There are four boys toilets and ten girls toilets for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.