GHSS Irikkur

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name = Government Higher Secondary School, Irikkur

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established = 1957
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head_name = Headmaster
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city = Irikkur
state = Kerala
country = India
campus = Irikkur
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Government, Higher Secondary School Irikkur was started in 1957. The school is situated on a mountain about one kilometer away from Irikkur town. There is a river "Irikkur River " nearby. The people residing in and around Irikkur are very poor. Mamanam Temple and Nilamuttam Makham are two important religious centers very near to school.

There are eight buildings for the school. Six of them are permanent buildings and two of them are semi permanent The Higher Secondary wing works in the old block. School office, lab, library, higher secondary lab etc.works in the main block It is a two storied building, close to the Irikkur Blathur road. Other buildings are occupied by various classes. In the higher secondary there are science and humanities batches. In high school section there are 22 divisions. In primary section there are 5 divisions.

History

GHSS Irikkur is situated near the Irikkur River. This river is the geographical border of the old Kottayam taluk and Chirakkal taluk. The people residing both side of the river mingled together and this cooperation resulted in the formation of Irikkur village. The name "Irikkur" was considered to be formed from the Malayalam word 'iru kara ooru' which means a village of both side of the river.

The high school was started in 1957. The school was recognized by the Malabar District Board, but as there was no building for the school, the admission was using one room in Kamaliya Madrasa UP School a temporary thatched building was the first building made for the school. Through the Malabar district Board president was P.T.Bhaskarapaniker, the school was inaugurated by the Vice President K.V Moosankuttyi. In the year 1957-58, the Ninth standard was started. The Tenth standard was started in 1958-59 and eleventh in 1959-60. the first SSLC batch appeared for the exam in march 1960. Out of the 27 students, 7 passed the exam. The center of exam was Koodali High school. The successful candidates were

# K.Damodaran Nambiar
# M.Balakrishan nambiar
# K.V.Gopalan nambiar
# P.Chandu
# K.P.Damodaran nambiar
# K.Padmanabhan nambiar
# K.Unnikrishan

The first headmmaster of the school was John Master. As he was transferred Abdullah, E.K. Lakshminarayana Sastrikal respectively took the charge. T.Subbayya Chettiyar was the headmaster when the first batch of students appeared for the SSLC exam.

The first building for the school was inaugurated by the district collector Sri. Chandra Banu IAS. The second building was inaugurated by the then education minister C.H. Muhammed Koya. The number of students in the school gradually increased and the school had to work using a shift system.

Result

When Plus Two was started in Kerala, a plus two batch was also started in this school. The first Humanities batch gained 100% result in the examination and the state first rank was in this school.

SSLC result in this school was about 70-85% till 1964. For many years the result was as low as 10 -20%. Then there was a gradual increase in the result from 1992. The percentage of SSLC result was as shown below.

* 1992.......15
* 1993......18
* 1994.......20
* 1995........23
* 1996.......27
* 1997......29
* 1998......28
* 1999.......46
* 2000........33
* 2001.........42
* 2002.........40
* 2003..........54
* 2004..........58
* 2005.........27
* 2006..........48