It was the dream and vision of C.P. Chacko which resulted in the establishment of
a High School. Many were concerned with the hardship which pupils experienced
in travelling to either Mallapally or Karukachal to gain Secondary education.
The CSI Church had acre of land about 150 meters from Punnaveli stream (valia
thodu) on the road leading to the school. The plan of the Church was to construct
to a parsonage to house the priest; plans were already afoot to start the
constarction. There was 2 1 / 2 acres of land adjacent to the Middle school; it
belonged to K.S George (Kuttappan Upadesi) of Kannamathanam. Negotiations
were in progress to sell the land to E.V. Varughese (Kunjachen) of Elappaunkal.
However, with mutual understanding and cooperation, it was decided to exchange
the land set aside for the parsonage with that of the adjacent to the school. Of
course, extra payment was made to Kuttappan.
It was the untiring effort of C.P
Chacko which enabled the construction of the buildings for the school.
At the commencement of high school classes in 1957, there was acute shortage of
classroom facilities. In order to meet the urgent need, mar Thoma Church prayer
hall at Attakulam was loaned the school. Three divisions of standard V were
accommodated at the borrowed premiss, and teachers had to ‘shuttle’ between yhje
two sections. This lasted only for an year. During the year 1947 vigorous
preparations were made; the result was that with cooperation of a large number of
people a new High School block-7 class rooms – was constructed. The following
year there was no need for the loaned premiss.
P.C Abraham was the acting headmaster when the high school, classes started.
Braham joined the school in 1956 and held the fort during that last year of the
Upper Primary School and the first two years of the High School (1956-59)
When the High School became a full fledged one, there were 16 classes, 25
teachers and 637 pupils. There was a steady growth in numbers – classes, teachers
and pupils.
The peak years were between 1965 to 1981 when the school had 22
classes and 33 teachers and over 925 pupils. Division fall started in 1981. The
present strength of the school is as follows; number of classes 14, numbers of
teachers 521, and the number of students 520
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