Pums, Podakkudi South Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
| School Name | Pums, Podakkudi South Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan |
| Address | Pothagudi, Pothakkudi, Needamangalam, Thiruvarur, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Pothakkudi |
| City | Thiruvarur |
| District | Thiruvarur |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 614103 |
| Category | Upper Primary School |
| Block | Needamangalam |
Pums, Podakkudi South Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan is located in Pothagudi, Pothakkudi, Needamangalam, Thiruvarur, Tamilnadu. Established in year 1944, 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 is located in Mannargudi assembly constituency. The language used to teach students is Tamil but English is also spoken during classes.
| Pre Primary | 38 Kids |
| Class I to V | 99 Students |
| Class VI to VIII | 94 Students |
| Total Students | 231 Students |
| Total Teachers | 12 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 19:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 17:1 |
This institution has around three hundred students studying and has recruited total 12 teachers, thus making the student-teacher ratio of 19 students per teacher. Nine teachers are appointed on Regular basis, two are appointed on Part-time basis and rest one is appointed on Contract basis. Five teachers are Male and remaining seven are Female. In terms of Academic qualification one teacher is Below Graduate, five are Graduate and rest six are Post Graduate. Ten teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 17:1, means on an average seventeen students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 38 kids in pre primary, 99 students in class I to V and 94 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 fourteen clasrooms and one other room. The school has one laptop, one desktop and one tablet in its premises. There is both reading corner and book bank for students. There are two boys toilets, two girls toilets and one cwsn toilet for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.