Panchayat Union Middle School Thanikottagam South
| School Name | Panchayat Union Middle School Thanikottagam South |
| Address | Therkkukadu, Thanikottagam, Vedaranyam, Nagapattinam, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Thanikottagam |
| City | Nagapattinam |
| District | Nagapattinam |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 614716 |
| Category | Upper Primary School |
| Block | Vedaranyam |
Panchayat Union Middle School Thanikottagam South is located in Therkkukadu, Thanikottagam, Vedaranyam, Nagapattinam, Tamilnadu. Established in year 1955, the 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. The school is situated in Vedaranyam assembly constituency. This school is situated in Nagapattinam (Sc) parliamentary constituency. The language used to teach students is English but Tamil is also spoken during classes.
| Pre Primary | 23 Kids |
| Class I to V | 41 Students |
| Class VI to VIII | 37 Students |
| Total Students | 101 Students |
| Total Teachers | 6 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 17:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 14:1 |
The school has around two hundred students studying and has recruited total 6 teachers, thus making the student-teacher ratio of 17 students per teacher. All of the teachers are appointed on Regular basis. Two teachers are Male and remaining four are Female. All of the teachers have Post Graduate qualification. Five teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 14:1, means on an average fourteen students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 23 kids in pre primary, 41 students in class I to V and 37 students in class VI to VIII.
The school is in a Govt. building and it has pucca boundary walls. The school has total seven clasrooms. The school has four laptops, three desktops, one tablet and one webcam in its premises. There is reading corner, library and book bank for students. There are two boys toilets and two girls toilets for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.