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Higher Secondary Schools in Kerala (2000 Report)
A substantial increase of secondary schools was found in Kerala, ie.,during 1996-97 there were 2,580 secondary schools as against 895 in 1960-61.These include 975 Government schools (37.67%), 1,400 private aided schools (54.1%) and213 private unaided schools (8.23%).
Government:- 417
Aided:- 506
Unaided:-8
Total:-931
Note: 4 Nos. of unaided HSS started as per directions of Hon'ble High Court during 1998 have been converted into Aided HSS in 2000.
Subject-wise Annual Intake of Students in Higher Secondary Schools - 2000.
| Subject |
Boys |
Girls |
Total |
| Science |
40173 |
55477 |
95650 |
| Humanities |
15133 |
20897 |
36030 |
| Commerce |
14246 |
19674 |
33920 |
| Total |
69552 |
96048 |
165600 |
Vocational Higher Secondary Education
It was formally introduced in Kerala at the higher secondary level (+2 stage) in 1983-84. There are 322 VHS School (231 Govt. & 91 Private) handling 814 schools of Vocational courses in 45 subjects. Subjects are related to agriculture ( livestock management and fisheries), health and paramedical service, business and commerce, home science and humanities and service sectors in engineering and technology.Clothing and embroidary, cosmetology and management of beauty parlours, creche-pre-school management are courses exclusively for girls.
District-wise Number of Vocational Higher Secondary Schools in Kerala.
| District |
Total |
| Thiruvananthapuram |
41 |
| Kollam |
51 |
| Pathanamthitta |
27 |
| Alappuzha |
21 |
| Kottayam |
31 |
| Idukki |
16 |
| Ernakulam |
34 |
| Thrissur |
36 |
| Palakkad |
24 |
| Malappuram |
26 |
| Kozhikode |
28 |
| Wayanad |
7 |
| Kannur |
16 |
| Kasargod |
16 |
| Total |
374 |
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