Government Model Boys Higher Secondary School

Government Model Boys Higher Secondary School, (previously called Government Model High School) is a school in Thycaud, Thiruvananthapuram, India. The school is affiliated to the Kerala State Board of Education and is one of the oldest schools in Kerala.[1]

This article is about the school in Thiruvananthapuram. For the school in Thrissur, see Government Model Higher Secondary School for Boys.

Government Model Boys Higher Secondary School
Location
Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum)
,
Kerala

India
Information
TypeHigher secondary school
MottoThamasoma jyothirgamaya
Established1885
LocaleThycaud
Number of students2000
Education systemKerala State Board of Education
Classes offeredStd 5 to 12

History
The school

In 1885, a normal school was started in Trivandrum by the government of Travancore for training male teachers. It was situated in the compound where St.Joseph's Higher Secondary school 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[2] during the reign of Maharaja Sree Moolam Thirunal Ramavarma.[3]

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

References
  1. Model School details
  2. Centenary celebrations of Model School inaugurated
  3. Architectural beauty of Government Model School

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