Leading the Way in Education and Innovation

Asia’s largest school for girl students, a total of 3855 girl students from UP to Plus Two, state-of-the-art learning methods inside high-tech classrooms and excellence in extra-curricular activities along with an unparalleled academic track record, the Govt. Girls Higher Secondary School, Cotton Hill in Thiruvananthapuram stands out as a shining example of the public education initiative of the Pinarayi Vijayan government. The legacy of this institution is shared by several great personalities, from the likes of poets Sugathakumari and Hridayakumari to the renowned singer K.S Chithra, the first woman IPS officer R Sreelekha and former chief secretary Nalini Neto etc.

The school campus here is blessed by the presence of legendary teachers like Parassala Ponnammal, who was a famous musician… Today, this institution is on a development course with the support of the state government. The school has witnessed a whole lot of development activities during the tenure of the Pinarayi Vijayan government. A three-storey hightech building was constructed here and thrown open by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. A tinkering lab has been set up to teach children about robotics, which has helped them test and develop new equipment on their own. A weather station too has been established to detect the changes in weather conditions and disseminate relevant information to the public. The students here visit the weather station on a routine basis and examine and record the volume of rain, wind direction and temperature etc.

Works are now on to launch a state-of-the-art clinic to ensure the health of the students here. The project, the works which are being carried out with the support of the city corporation, is being established at a cost of Rs. 38 lahks. Additional works worth one crore rupees such as the construction of the new roof, laying tiles in classrooms, girls-friendly toilet etc too are being taken up. To strengthen the security in the school campus, a CCTV network has been installed at a cost of eight and a half lakh rupees received from Minister Antony Raju’s MLA fund. A new bus too has been allotted to the school.Rs.3.90 crore has been sanctioned from the KIFB for constructing a state-of-the-art school ground –a project that is expected to give a major facelift to the school. The project, which also comprises an array of other facilities like a kitchen, dining hall, amenity center and sports center along with the ground has already received technical approval.

Once the project is materialised, the school is expected to make a quantum jump in the field of sports and games. Other projects including an open fitness centre and an indoor shuttle court are under active consideration by the sports department. The greatest aspect of the first Pinarayi government is that instead of mere verbose, it has made every project an experience for the people. As the second Pinarayi government too moves in this same direction, the Cotton Hill Govt. Girls Higher Secondary School, which serves as an icon of the public education movement, too stands to benefit from it.