Pums Merkathiyanoor
| School Name | Pums Merkathiyanoor |
| Address | Merkathiyanoor, Matrapalli, Kandhili, Tirupathur, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Matrapalli |
| City | Tirupathur |
| District | Tirupathur |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 635652 |
| Category | Upper Primary School |
| Block | Kandhili |
Pums Merkathiyanoor is located in Merkathiyanoor, Matrapalli, Kandhili, Tirupathur, Tamilnadu. Established 63 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 comes under Tiruppattur assembly constituency. The school is located in Tiruvannamalai parliamentary constituency. This is primarily Tamil medium school.
| Class I to V | 69 Students |
| Class VI to VIII | 49 Students |
| Total Students | 118 Students |
| Total Teachers | 5 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 24:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 13:1 |
This institution has enrolled around two hundred students and has 5 teachers to teach them, thus making the student-teacher ratio of 24 students per teacher. All of the teachers are appointed on Regular basis. Three teachers are Male and remaining two are Female. In terms of Academic qualification one teacher is Below Graduate, two are Graduate and rest two are Post Graduate. Three teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 13:1, means on an average thirteen students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 69 students in class I to V and 49 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 nine clasrooms. The school has four laptops, one tablet and one webcam in its premises. There is reading corner, library and book bank for students. There are two boys toilets, four girls toilets and three cwsn toilets for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.