Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pattom

Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom is an educational institution in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala State. It was established in 1964 as a civil sector school affiliated to CBSE.

Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pattom
Location
Kerala

India
Coordinates8.5205°N 76.9409°E / 8.5205; 76.9409
Information
School districtThiruvananthapuram

The institution is situated in the heart of the city in a site extending to five acres. There are two shifts from Class I to Class XII, with a roll of 3547 students and 111 staff.

The First Shift has all the three streams - Science (three sections), Commerce and Humanities (one section each) - while the Second Shift has only Science and Commerce streams (one section each). The year 2014 was the golden jubilee year for Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom.

History

The school opened in 1964 following a gift of five acres of land by the government of Kerala with the new buildings opening in 1968. In 1969 the first batch of Higher Secondary Students (Class XI) completed their courses. In 1977 a "10+2" system started. In 1982 a new science block was opened. The school was declared as a Model KV in 1996. In 1998, the primary block was inaugurated. On 10 September 2004, the second shift was introduced. In April 2008, a fully automated library was inaugurated. In 2009 the institution won the KVS-Intel Technology in Education Award for Schools. In 2010, the Online Academic Social Networking Project Library Junction won the NCERT National Innovation and Experimentation Award. KV Pattom was ranked as the Best Govt Day School in the country by Education World in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

Notable Alumni
  • Prof (DR).G. Mohan Gopal( Director, RGICS)
  • T. P. Sitaraman IFS, Sashi Warrier (writer)
  • Dr. Uma Sivaraman (DC, KVS)
  • Dr. Jayathilak IAS, Dr. Ciji Thomas IAS
  • Dr. Manish Valiyathan, Keerthi Suresh (Actor), Nikhil IAS
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