Govt. Upper Primary School Purathur Padinharakkara
| School Name | Govt. Upper Primary School Purathur Padinharakkara |
| Address | Padincharekara, Purathur, Tirur, Malappuram, Kerala |
| Location | Purathur |
| City | Malappuram |
| District | Malappuram |
| State | Kerala |
| Pincode | 676562 |
| Category | Upper Primary School |
| Block | Tirur |
Govt. Upper Primary School Purathur Padinharakkara is located in Padincharekara, Purathur, Tirur, Malappuram, Kerala. Established 101 years ago, this school is a Co-educational and is located in Rural area. This is a Upper Primary school and is currently operational. The school is managed by Department of Education. It is located in Thavanur assembly constituency. The first mode of communication is Malyalam in the school but English is also spoken during classes.
| Pre Primary | 71 Kids |
| Class I to V | 314 Students |
| Class VI to VIII | 140 Students |
| Total Students | 525 Students |
| Total Teachers | 16 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 33:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 19:1 |
This school has enrolled around six hundred students who are taught by 16 teachers, which makes the student-teacher ratio of 33 students per teacher. Fifteen teachers are appointed on Regular basis and rest one is appointed on Contract basis. Five teachers are Male and remaining eleven are Female. In terms of Academic qualification seven teachers are Below Graduate, eight are Graduate and rest one is Post Graduate. One teacher is 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 71 kids in pre primary, 314 students in class I to V and 140 students in class VI to VIII.
The school is in a Govt. building and it has pucca but broken boundary walls. The school has total twenty seven clasrooms and five other rooms. The school has ten laptops, six desktops, one printer and one digiboard in its premises. There is both reading corner and library for students. There are five boys toilets, nine girls toilets and two cwsn toilets for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.