Pums, Karikalavakkam
| School Name | Pums, Karikalavakkam |
| Address | New Colony, Karikalavakkam, Thiruvallur, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Karikalavakkam |
| City | Thiruvallur |
| District | Thiruvallur |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 602021 |
| Category | Upper Primary School |
| Block | Thiruvallur |
Pums, Karikalavakkam is located in New Colony, Karikalavakkam, Thiruvallur, Tamilnadu and was established 93 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 Poonamallee (Sc) assembly constituency. This school comes under Thiruvallur (Sc) parliamentary constituency. The language used to teach students is Tamil.
| Class I to V | 81 Students |
| Class VI to VIII | 42 Students |
| Total Students | 123 Students |
| Total Teachers | 7 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 18:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 21:1 |
This institution has strength of around two hundred students and has 7 teachers to teach them. The school has student-teacher ratio of 18 students per teacher. All of the teachers are appointed on Regular basis. All of the teachers are Female. In terms of Academic qualification one teacher is Graduate and rest six are Post Graduate. Five teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 21:1, means on an average twenty one students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 81 students in class I to V and 42 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 six clasrooms. There is both reading corner and book bank for students. There are one boys toilet, four girls toilets and one cwsn toilet for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.