Model schools in Villupuram,Tamil Nadu

The Model School concept was introduced in those blocks whose literacy rate was below the national average

Eight Panchayat Unions such as Kallakurichi, Rishivandhiyam, Thirukkoilur, Thiagadurgam, Thirunavalur, Thiruvennainallur, Ulundurpet and Sankarapuram were identified as the educationally backward blocks, qualifying for getting a model school each

Initially, such schools were set up at Thirukkoilur, Rishvandhiyam and Thigadurgam in the academic year 2010-2011 with the intake of 700 students started functioning from rented buildings have now moved into their own buildings

The Educationally Backward Villupuram District can now boast of having 8 Model Schools with English as medium of learning from Classes VI to XII.
Started under the Rashtriya Madhyamic Shiksha Abhiyan scheme these model schools can now boast of an aggregate student strength of 2,220, including 1,336 boys and 884 girls. Each section has a total of 40 students, a fairly manageable size. 

In the current academic year 2013-2014 four more Model Schools came into being at places such as Ulundurpet government boys’ higher secondary school, Kalamarudhur in Thirunavalur block, Emapur in Thiruvennainallur block and Pudupattu on the Kalvarayan Hills

Villupuram District Collector V. Sampath said, “The model schools provide an opportunity to the students in remote areas to study in English medium on par with their affluent counterparts in the urban areas