GVHSS Kadirur, aka Government Vocational Higher Secondary School Kadirur is a Higher Secondary school in

Kadirur Kadirur is a census town and suburb of Thalassery Municipality of Kannur District in the State of Kerala, India. Kadirur is located about from the Thalassery Township. Kadirur is located on the Tellicherry-Mysore road. Demographics As of 2011 ...

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...

. Established in 1922 is one of the oldest schools in

Kannur Kannur (), formerly known in English as Cannanore, is a city and Municipal corporation (India), municipal corporation in the state of Kerala, India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kannur district and situated north of the maj ...

under the government of Kerala.

History

The only high school in old Kottayam taluk. In between freedom struggle in the taluk, this school has made history in sports excellence in Malabar while overcoming the freedom struggles. Many students from distant places like

Wayanad Wayanad () is a district in the north-east of the Indian state of Kerala, with its administrative headquarters at the municipality of Kalpetta. It is the only plateau in Kerala. The Wayanad Plateau forms a continuation of the Mysore Plateau, ...

Panoor Panoor is a municipality in the district of Kannur in the state of Kerala, India. The town is the main marketplace for the farmer communities in the surrounding regions. Panoor is one of the main suburbs of the city of Thalassery. Panoor was gra ...

Pinarayi Pinarayi is a census town in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala. Geography Pinarayi is from the district headquarters Kannur. The nearest town and railway station is Thalassery which is away. The village is surrounded by rivers on ...

, Peralassery and

Iritty Iritty is a municipality and taluk in Kannur district of Kerala state, India. The town is the main market place for the farmer communities in the surrounding regions. Iritty is at a distance of from Kannur International Airport and one among ...

came to

and stayed; the majority of students travel to school on foot. From 1922 to 1945, this continues. Till starting management high schools in 1945 at

Koodali Koodali is a census town and grama panchayat in Thalassery taluk of Kannur district in Kerala state, India. Koodali is located east of Kannur city on Kannur-Mattanur road. Educational institutions * Koodali Higher Secondary School (establi ...

, in 1946 at

Kuthuparamba Kuthuparamba or Koothuparamba is a municipality in Kannur district of Kerala, India. It is about 24 km southeast of Kannur and 14 km east of Thalassery. Administration Kuthuparamba Municipality is a part of Kuthuparamba Assembly con ...

, in 1950 at Pathiriyad, in 1953 at

, in 1955 at

Peravoor Peravoor is a town and grama panchayat in Kannur district of Kerala state in India. It is located east of Kannur and north east of Thalassery. Iritty, the nearest municipality, is north of Peravoor. Peravoor is situated in the Western Ghat ...

, in 1956 at

Chokli Panoor is a municipality in the district of Kannur in the state of Kerala, India. The town is the main marketplace for the farmer communities in the surrounding regions. Panoor is one of the main suburbs of the city of Thalassery. Panoor was gra ...

and

, the GVHSS Kadirur was the only center of high school education in those areas. GVHSS Kadirur still has the distinction of being the most traditional government school in

Thalassery Thalassery () (also called Tellicherry) is a city and municipality on the Malabar Coast in Kannur district in the state of Kerala, India, bordered by the districts of Mahe and Kozhikode. Thalassery municipality has a population of just under ...

Thaluk. The role of P. T. Bhaskara Panicker in affiliating with this board school is significant. The regions from where the students in the olden times came to study at the Government Vocational Higher Secondary School Kadirur, now has 66 high schools. It is still popularly known and still emphasizes value-based education.

Notable alumni

Sreenivasan Sreenivasan (born 6 April 1956) is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, dubbing artist and producer who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Sreenivasan has starred in over 225 films. Sreenivasan wrote the screenplays of films such a ...

- actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer.

References

Schools in Kannur district Education in Thalassery {{Kerala-school-stub