Pums, Balakrishnapuram
| School Name | Pums, Balakrishnapuram |
| Address | Balakrishnapuram, Sithamalli, Kottur, Thiruvarur, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Sithamalli |
| City | Thiruvarur |
| District | Thiruvarur |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 614705 |
| Category | Upper Primary School |
| Block | Kottur |
Pums, Balakrishnapuram is located in Balakrishnapuram, Sithamalli, Kottur, Thiruvarur, Tamilnadu and was established in year 1960. 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. It comes under Thiruthuraipoondi (Sc) assembly constituency. The school is located in Nagapattinam (Sc) parliamentary constituency. The first mode of communication is Tamil in the school but English is also spoken during classes.
| Pre Primary | 23 Kids |
| Class I to V | 71 Students |
| Class VI to VIII | 27 Students |
| Total Students | 121 Students |
| Total Teachers | 6 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 20:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 24:1 |
The institution teaches around two hundred students and has recruited total 6 teachers. The school has student-teacher ratio of 20 students per teacher. All of the teachers are appointed on Regular basis. Two teachers are Male and remaining four are Female. In terms of Academic qualification two teachers are Graduate and rest four are Post Graduate. Six teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 24:1, means on an average twenty four students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 23 kids in pre primary, 71 students in class I to V and 27 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 five clasrooms. The school has one laptop in its premises. There is reading corner, library and book bank for students. There are one boys toilet, two girls toilets and one cwsn toilet for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.