Providence Higher Secondary School, Ritapuram
| School Name | Providence Higher Secondary School, Ritapuram |
| Address | Colachel, Ward-15, Kurunthancode, Nagercoil, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Colachel |
| City | Nagercoil |
| District | Kanniyakumari |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 629159 |
| Category | Higher Secondary School |
| Block | Kurunthancode |
Providence Higher Secondary School, Ritapuram is located in Colachel, Ward-15, Kurunthancode, Nagercoil, Tamilnadu and was established in year 1937. 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 Government Aided. The school is situated in Colachel assembly constituency. The school falls under Kanniyakumari parliamentary constituency. The medium of instructions is English in the school but Tamil is also spoken during classes.
| Class I to V | 55 Students |
| Class VI to VIII | 99 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 156 Students |
| Total Students | 310 Students |
| Total Teachers | 28 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 11:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 10:1 |
The institution has strength of around four hundred students who are taught by 28 teachers. The student-teacher ratio is 11 students per teacher. 27 teachers are appointed on Regular basis and rest one is appointed on Contract basis. All of the teachers are Female. In terms of Academic qualification five teachers are Below Graduate, three are Graduate and rest twenty are Post Graduate. One teacher is trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 10:1, means on an average ten students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 55 students in class I to V, 99 students in class VI to VIII and 156 students in class IX to XII.
The school is in a private building and it has pucca boundary walls. The school has total thirty one clasrooms and seven other rooms. The school has internet facility for students. The school has one laptop, ten desktops and two webcams in its premises. There is reading corner, library and book bank for students. There are fifteen boys toilets, fifteen girls toilets and one cwsn toilet for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.