Education

Education Department :

Education is the process by which a society transmits its accumulated knowledge skills and values from one generation to another. Education must provide the means and opportunities to enhance the Childs creative expression and the capacity for aesthetic appreciation. Education gives knowledge about the world around us. It makes children capable of interpreting things in the right perspective.

Objectives :

To provide universal access, equity, quality at primary, upper primary, secondary and higher secondary level. To strive for all round development of the child.

To evolve curriculum and evaluation procedures in conformity with the values enshrined in the Constitution.

• To build the childs knowledge, potential talent and develop the childs physical and mental abilities to the fullest extent.
• To provide required infrastructure to ensure the comfort of each and every child in school.
• To provide a conducive learning environment through learning activities, discovery and exploration in a child friendly and child centred manner.
• To provide quality education as far as possible in the childs own mother tongue.
• To provide abundant opportunities for the child to express itself without any fear.
• To make examinations more flexible and integrated in classroom life by implementing continuous and comprehensive evaluation in phases, to remove the anxiety and stress caused by terminal examinations.

SCHOOL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

I. ADMINISTRATION

II. SCHOOLS

III.GOVERNMENT SCHEMES

High Schools List[314 KB]

Higher Secondary Schools List[291 KB]

ADMINISTRATION:

In Cuddalore District, the Chief Educational Office acts as the District Head Office & Chief Educational Office. This office is located in GHSS Manjakupam campus, Pennaiyar Road,Cuddalore-607 001.

The Chief Educational officer :

Contact No. for this office : 04142 286038.
Mobile NO. of the Chief Educational Officer: 7598779001

For enhanced administrative reasons, from 01.06.2018 the Cuddalore Revenue district is further bifurcated into four Educational districts as mentioned below:

1. District Educational Office, Cuddalore
2. District Educational Office, Chidambaram
3. District Educational Office, Vadalur
4. District Educational Office, Virudhachalam

This office is headed by the District Educational Officer. This office manages three Block Educational Offices. Block Educational Officers(BEO) inturn administer the below mentioned office.
Contact No:04142 296040

1. Block Educational Officer, Cuddalore
2. Block Educational Officer, Annagramam
3. Block Educational Officer, Panruti

District Educational Office, Chidambaram

This office is headed by the District Educational Officer. This office manages three Block Educational Offices. Block Educational Officers(BEO) inturn administer the below mentioned office.

Contact No:04142 238888

1. Block Educational Officer, Kattumanarkoil
2. Block Educational Officer, Kumaratchi
3. Block Educational Officer, Parangepettai

District Educational Office, Vadalur

This office is headed by the District Educational Officer. This office manages three Block Educational Offices. Block Educational Officers(BEO) inturn administer the below mentioned office.
Contact No:04142 259870

1. Block Educational Officer, Bhuvanagiri
2. Block Educational Officer, Kurinjipadi
3. Block Educational Officer, Neyveli Urban
4. Block Educational Officer, Keerapalayam

District Educational Office, Virudhachalam

This office is headed by the District Educational Officer. This office manages three Block Educational Offices. Block Educational Officers(BEO) inturn administer the below mentioned office.
Contact No:04142 259870

1. Block Educational Officer, Kammapuram
2. Block Educational Officer, Mangalore
3. Block Educational Officer, Nallur
4. Block Educational Officer, Virudhachalam

I SCHOOLS:

In Cuddalore Distrist, 2223 schools inclusion of primary/middle/high/higher secondary are functioning.
The above mentioned schools are scattered in the below mentioned category:

1. Government/Government Aided
2. CBSE
3. Matriculation
4. Primary & Middle
5. Nursery
6. Government/Government Aided /Model/Social Welfare/Adhidravida Welfare/Self finance
   High Schools – 160 and Higher Secondary Schools – 144

II GOVERNMENT SCHEMES

In order to eliminate the drop out rates and also to augment the achievement level of the students in Government and Government Aided schools, Tamilnadu government has implemented many Priceless Schemes.

Contact Office Address

Chief Educational Officer,

Cuddalore 607 001.

Phone: 04142 286038

Email: ceocud[at]nic[dot]in