Govt Higher Secondary School Velakkalnatham
| School Name | Govt Higher Secondary School Velakkalnatham |
| Address | Velakkalnatham, Jolarpet, Tirupathur, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Velakkalnatham |
| City | Tirupathur |
| District | Tirupathur |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 635854 |
| Category | Higher Secondary School |
| Block | Jolarpet |
Govt Higher Secondary School Velakkalnatham is located in Velakkalnatham, Jolarpet, Tirupathur, Tamilnadu. Established in year 1984, 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 is located in Jolarpet assembly constituency. This school comes under Tiruvannamalai parliamentary constituency. This is primarily English medium school but Tamil is also spoken during classes.
| Class VI to VIII | 180 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 303 Students |
| Total Students | 483 Students |
| Total Teachers | 21 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 23:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 25:1 |
The school has enrolled around five hundred students being taught by around 21 teachers. The school has student-teacher ratio of 23 students per teacher. Eighteen teachers are appointed on Regular basis and rest three are appointed on Part-time basis. Eight teachers are Male and remaining thirteen are Female. In terms of Academic qualification one teacher is Below Graduate, one is Graduate and rest nineteen are Post Graduate. One teacher is trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 25:1, means on an average twenty five students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 180 students in class VI to VIII and 303 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 nineteen clasrooms and five other rooms. The school has one webcam in its premises. There is reading corner, library and book bank for students. There are four boys toilets, four girls toilets and one cwsn toilet for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.