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Vailoppilli Sreedhara Menon Memorial Government Vocational Higher Secondary School

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Type
  
Government School

School district
  
Thrissur

Campus type
  
Urban

Established
  
1918

Campus size
  
5.5-acre

Vailoppilli Sreedhara Menon Memorial Government Vocational Higher Secondary School

Affiliation
  
Kerala State Education Board

Vailoppilly Sreehara Menon Memorial Government Vocational Higher Secondary School or commonly known as GVHSS, Ollur (Government Vocational Higher Secondary School) is a Kerala Government run vocational higher secondary school situated in Ollur, Thrissur City. It is named after poet Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon who served as headmaster from 1936 to 1966.

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History

The school was started in 1918 by St. Anthony's Forane Church, Ollur. Later it was handed over to the Government of Kerala. It is situated on a 5.5-acre land. Thrissur Municipal Corporation looks after the school's maintenance. The school celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 1968.

Famous alumni

  • Mullanezhi: Poet, lyricist and Actor
  • Swami Ranganathananda: President of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission
  • Eledath Thaikkattu Neelakandan Mooss: Famous Ayurveda practitioner
  • V. R. Krishnan Ezhuthachan: Freedom fighter
  • CG Janardhanan: Member of Kerala Legislature (Chalakudy)

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    Vailoppilli Sreedhara Menon Memorial Government Vocational Higher Secondary School Wikipedia
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