# Government Model Boys Higher Secondary School

Government Model Boys Higher Secondary School, previously called Government Model High School, is a school in Thycaud, Thiruvananthapuram, India. The school is affiliated to the Kerala State Board of Education and is one of the oldest schools in Kerala.

## History

In 1885, a normal school was started in Thiruvananthapuram by the government of Travancore for training male teachers. It was situated in the compound where St.Joseph's Higher Secondary school is at present. In 1903 it was shifted to Thycaud. The magnificent main building of the school, an example of European architecture, was built in 1910 during the reign of Maharaja Sree Moolam Thirunal Ramavarma.
The first headmaster was Dr. C F Clarke who served for three years. He lived on the school campus; the house where he stayed remains as Clarke's Bungalow. One of the earliest headmasters of the training college was Shri. P.G. Sadasiva Iyer, who was an M.A. in Chemistry from the Madras Presidency college. The school was the city's first English, Malayalam, Tamil medium school.

### Higher secondary school

When the Kerala State Board of Education decided to move the two-year intermediate course (the course between high school and university) from colleges to schools in 1998, Model School was part of the program. As part of this change, the name of the school was changed to Government Model Higher Secondary School.

## Notable alumni

* Mohanlal, actor, producer and a recipient of Padma Bhushan
* Sri Madhukarnath, spiritual guide, social reformer, educationist and a recipient of Padma Bhushan
* Kris Gopalakrishnan, co-founder and former executive vice chairman (former co-chairman) of Infosys, former president of Confederation of Indian Industry, chairman of Axilor Ventures
* Jagathy Sreekumar, actor
* Priyadarshan, film director, screenwriter, and producer
* U. Vimal Kumar, former international Badminton player and served as chief national coach of India
* Jagadish, actor, screenwriter, television presenter, and politician
* Maniyanpilla Raju, actor and producer
* Venu Nagavally, film actor, screenwriter and director
* K. B. Ganesh Kumar, actor, television host, and politician. He was the Minister for Forests & Environment, Sports and Cinema in the Government of Kerala
* M. G. Sreekumar, playback singer, composer, music producer, television presenter and film producer
* G. Venugopal, playback singer
* Srinivas, playback singer
* Balabhaskar, was an Indian musician, violinist, composer and record producer
* Vishnu Vijay, music producer, music director, flautist, and composer
* Rajeevnath, film director
* S. Krishna Kumar, a politician and former union minister of India
* Babu Divakaran, a politician and a former Kerala state minister
* K. Muraleedharan, a politician and a former Kerala state minister
* M. G. Radhakrishnan, music director and Carnatic vocalist
* Shaji Kailas, film director and scriptwriter
* M. P. Appan, a poet and littérateur
* Sukumar (writer), a popular satirist and cartoonist
* Dr. A. Marthanda Pillai, neurosurgeon, the recipient of a Padma Shri and managing director of Ananthapuri Hospitals & Research Institute
* Nalini Netto, was a student of the primary section and a former chief secretary, Government of Kerala