Govt. Hr. Secondary School, Mettur Dam
| School Name | Govt. Hr. Secondary School, Mettur Dam |
| Address | Mettur Municipality, Majith Street, Kolathur, Salem, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Mettur Municipality |
| City | Salem |
| District | Salem |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 636401 |
| Category | Higher Secondary School |
| Block | Kolathur |
Govt. Hr. Secondary School, Mettur Dam is located in Mettur Municipality, Majith Street, Kolathur, Salem, Tamilnadu. Established in year 1948, 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 falls under Mettur municipality. This school falls under Mettur assembly constituency. The school falls under Dharmapuri parliamentary constituency. The language used to teach students is English but Tamil is also spoken during classes.
| Class VI to VIII | 196 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 506 Students |
| Total Students | 702 Students |
| Total Teachers | 48 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 15:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 18:1 |
This institution teaches around eight hundred students who are taught by 48 teachers, which makes the student-teacher ratio of 15 students per teacher. 45 teachers are appointed on Regular basis and rest three are appointed on Part-time basis. 24 teachers are Male and remaining 24 are Female. In terms of Academic qualification four teachers are Below Graduate, ten are Graduate and rest 34 are Post Graduate. One teacher is trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 18:1, means on an average eighteen students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 196 students in class VI to VIII and 506 students in class IX to XII.
The school is a Govt. school in a rent free building and it has pucca boundary walls. The school has total forty clasrooms and five other rooms. The school has both internet facility and DTH facility for students. The school has one laptop, six desktops, two scanners, one webcam and one generator in its premises. There is reading corner, library and book bank for students. There are eighteen boys toilets, four girls toilets and one cwsn toilet for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.