VSSC Central School is an English-medium co-educational public school located in the suburb of

Thumba Thumba is a coastal area of Thiruvananthapuram city, the capital of Kerala, India. Location and geography Thumba is a vast village bordering Menamkulam in the east, St. Dominic's Vettucaud in the north, and Kochuthura in the south; towards its ...

, in

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 ...

, in the Indian state of Kerala. The school offers programmes from grades 1–12. Admission is restricted to children of the employees of the

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. It is a full-fledged senior secondary school, offering five streams at the +2 level with almost 1000 students and 60 staff members. It is affiliated to the

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, New Delhi. It was founded in 1976 with 28 students and four teachers to cater to the educational needs of the children of employees of the

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, residing in the ISRO staff quarters. Today, the school has a large campus with five interlinked blocks. There are more than 50 teaching staff, 10 non teaching and five office staff. The school has facilities which include a digital library, football, basketball and hockey courts, assembly and conference halls, 5 staff rooms, sports room, music and arts room, and offers yoga and table tennis facilities. The school also has an

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squadron with over 50 cadets (affiliated to No.1 KER/AIR/SQN/NCC).

Organisation

VSSC Central School was established in 1976 with the purpose of providing quality education to the children of employees working in the

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. The School witnessed its inception in a Type II Quarter of the VSSC Housing Colony with 4 teachers and 28 students in classes I to V. Ever since, it has grown steadily, with the school now having around 600 students studying in the school from classes from I-XII aided by 60 staff members. The current campus of the school is in the VSSC Housing Colony, with a sprawling campus that has five interlinked blocks with an auditorium and multiple playgrounds and sports facilities. The day-to-day activities of The school are managed and taken care of by the Principal, assisted by the Vice-Principal. The School is currently operated under the aegis of The Department of Space, Government of India.

Courses

The school is affiliated to The

, New Delhi. The first 10 years of education leads to the All India Senior Secondary School Examination (

AISSE All India Secondary School Examination, commonly known as board exams, is a centralized public examination that students in schools affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education in India take after class 10. The board conducts the ex ...

) and the following 2 years lead to the All India Senior School Certificate Examination (

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). The first batch of seniors taking the AISSE graduated in 1982 whereas those taking the AISSCE graduated in 1989.

Information

* Classes: Standard I to Standard XII * Second languages: Hindi, Malayalam and Sanskrit * Houses: Subhash, Tagore, Ashok, Raman * Song: Shanti Mantra * Sports: cricket, football, badminton, table tennis, hockey and basketball * Annual Publication : ''Antariksh''

Notes and references

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* 1976 establishments in Kerala Educational institutions established in 1976 Private schools in Thiruvananthapuram {{Kerala-school-stub