This institution was started at a tame when there was only one high school in the taluq at
cherthala and when the very large number of childrens of the locality had to stay out of there homes evenfor
there secondary education.it was the suggstiongiven by the inspector of english schools sree. a .narayana iyer that
the then adhikari of thirumala devaswom, Sree .v. Sreenivas naik moved the thirumala devaswam authotrities. To
deviate the devaswam funds of the establishment of a secondary.School and the thirumala devaswam committee
very gladly sctioned the poposals and allotted funds for the buildings and its equipment. Accordingly the school
was started on 9-10-1097(malayalam era) In the old school house in the devaswam farm house and was shifted to the
new buildings in the present premises in chingom 1099.
The school was started with preparatory class and form i and form ii was
opened in the beginning of the second year and form iii in the buggning of the third. There
was some difficulty in getting sanction for the high school because of the opposition of
nieghbouring schools put the appeal of permanent. educationalist like sri b.vamana baliga
and the flourishing. strength of the classes convinced the department of the necrssity of
establishing a high school in this place and form iv was sanctioned to be opened in the
beginning of the school year 1926-27 the first batch presented for the e.s.l.c examination in
march 1929