Government Model Boys Higher Secondary School, (previously called Government Model High School) is a school in Thycaud,

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...

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. The school is affiliated to the Kerala State Board of Education and is one of the oldest schools in

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History

In 1885, a normal school was started in

Trivandrum Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...

by the government of

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for training male teachers. It was situated in the compound where

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is at present. In 1903 it was shifted to Thycaud. The magnificent main building of the school, an example of European architecture, was built in 1910 during the reign of Maharaja

Sree Moolam Thirunal Ramavarma Sir Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma (1857–1924) was Maharajah of the princely state of Travancore between 1885 and 1924, succeeding his uncle Maharajah Visakham Thirunal (1880–1885). Early life and education Mulam Thirunal Rama Varma was born ...

. The first headmaster was Dr. C F Clarke who served for three years. He lived on the school campus; the house where he stayed remains as Clarke's Bungalow. One of the earliest headmasters of the training college was Shri. P.G. Sadasiva Iyer, who was an M.A. in Chemistry from the Madras Presidency college. The school was the city's first English, Malayalam, Tamil medium school.

Higher secondary school

When the Kerala State Board of Education decided to move the two-year intermediate course (the course between high school and university) from colleges to schools in 1998, Model School was part of the program. As part of this change, the name of the school was changed to Government Model Higher Secondary School.

Notable alumni

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, former international

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, playback singer *

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, and composer * Nandu, film actor *

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, film director and scriptwriter * M. P. Appan, a poet and littérateur *

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and managing director of Ananthapuri Hospitals & Research Institute * Nalini Netto, was a student of the primary section and a former chief secretary, Government of Kerala * S.George , former Director General of Police and Commissioner of Police of Greater Chennai, Government of TamilNadu *Manu Sudhakaran, Malayalam film director. *G.Rajesh.Writer,Lyricist *D.Ajoykumar,Illustrationist.

References

External links

*https://modelschooltvm.com
Department of higher secondary education, Kerala
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