GVHSS Kadirur, aka Government Vocational Higher Secondary School Kadirur is a Higher Secondary school in

Kadirur Kadirur is a census town and city suburb of Thalassery within the Thalassery Taluk of Kannur District in the State of Kerala, India. Kadirur is located about from the Thalassery Township. Kadirur is located on the Tellicherry-Mysore road. Demo ...

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

. Established in 1922 is one of the oldest schools in

Kannur Kannur (), formerly known in English as Cannanore, is a city and a municipal corporation in the state of Kerala, India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kannur district and situated north of the major port city and commercial hu ...

under the government of Kerala.

History

The only high school in old

Kottayam taluk Kottayam () is a municipal town in the Indian state of Kerala. Flanked by the Western Ghats on the east and the Vembanad Lake and paddy fields of Kuttanad on the west. It is the district headquarters of Kottayam district, located in south-we ...

. In between freedom struggle in the taluk, this school has made history in sports excellence in

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while overcoming the freedom struggles. Many students from distant places like

Wayanad Wayanad () is a district in the north-east of Indian state Kerala with administrative headquarters at the municipality of Kalpetta. It is the only plateau in Kerala. The Wayanad Plateau forms a continuation of the Mysore Plateau, the southern ...

Panoor Panoor is a Municipality in the district of Kannur in the state of Kerala, India. The town is the main market place for the farmer communities in the surrounding regions. Panoor is one of the main suburbs of the City of Thalassery. Panoor got mu ...

Pinarayi Pinarayi is a census town in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala. Geography Pinarayi is from the district headquarters Kannur. The nearest town and railway station is Thalassery which is away. The village is surrounded by rivers o ...

, Peralassery and

Iritty Iritty is a Municipality and a Taluk of Kannur district in Kerala State, India. The town is the main market place for the farmer communities in the surrounding regions. Iritty is known as The Coorg Valley in God's Own Country. Iritty is one o ...

came to

and stayed; the majority of students travel to school on foot. From 1922 to 1945, this continues. Till starting management high schools in 1945 at

Koodali Koodali is a census town and grama panchayat in Thalassery taluk of Kannur district in Kerala state, India. Koodali is located east of Kannur city on Kannur-Mattanur road. Educational institutions * Koodali Higher Secondary School (establis ...

, in 1946 at

Kuthuparamba Kuthuparamba is a town and a municipality in the Kannur district, state of Kerala, India. It is about 24 km south east of Kannur and 14 km east of Thalassery. History Kuthuparamba was part of Kottayam dynasty under the reign of Pa ...

, in 1950 at

Pathiriyad Pathiriyad is a census town in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala. Transportation The national highway passes through Thalassery town. Mangalore, Goa and Mumbai can be accessed on the northern side and Cochin and Thiruvananthapuram ...

, in 1953 at

, in 1955 at

Peravoor Peravoor is a small town and Grama Panchayat in Kannur district of Kerala state in India. It is located east of Kannur and north east of Thalassery. And Iritty, the nearest municipality is north of Peravoor. Peravoor is situated in the Wes ...

, in 1956 at

Chokli Panoor is a Municipality in the district of Kannur in the state of Kerala, India. The town is the main market place for the farmer communities in the surrounding regions. Panoor is one of the main suburbs of the City of Thalassery. Panoor got mu ...

and

, the GVHSS Kadirur was the only center of high school education in those areas. GVHSS Kadirur still has the distinction of being the most traditional government school in

Thalassery Thalassery (), formerly Tellicherry, is a municipality, Commercial City on the Malabar Coast in Kannur district, in the state of Kerala, India, bordered by the districts of Mahé (Pondicherry), Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kasaragod and Kodagu (Karna ...

Thaluk. The role of P. T. Bhaskara Panicker in affiliating with this board school is significant. The regions from where the students in the olden times came to study at the Government Vocational Higher Secondary School Kadirur, now has 66 high schools. It is still popularly known and still emphasizes value-based education.

Notable alumni

* Sreenivasan(actor), screenwriter, film director, film producer.

References

Schools in Kannur district Education in Thalassery {{Kerala-school-stub