Excel Central School

8°20′05″N 77°15′49″E / 8.3346°N 77.2637°E / 8.3346; 77.2637InformationTypePrivateMotto"Wisdom Enriches"Established2003ChairmanDr. Sree KumarDirectorBrinda Sree KumarPrincipalBinu KumarGradesPreschool – 12Age range3 – 17Enrollment2100 (2016)Student to teacher ratio1:15, 1:25Campus size6 acres (2.4 ha)Campus typeUrbanAccreditationCISCEWebsitewww.excelschools.edu.in/our-schools/excel-central-school/

Excel Central School is a co-educational English Medium School which is situated 1 km west to Thiruvattar in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu. It follows the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, CISCE board, and is branded along with Excel Global School as the Excel Group of Schools. The Administration of the school is vested with the Centre for Educare and Research Charitable Trust, which is a non-profit organisation for rural education.

The school has entered into a joint venture with New Delhi based ISO 9001 certified Pearls International School, with a view to integrate new techniques and educational technology with existing educational standards.^{[citation needed]}

This institution was established in the academic year 2003–04. The campus covers about 8 acres (32,000 m²), which seats both the schools of the group, forming the Excel Complex. It is located 1.5 km south-east of Moovattumugam, the converging point of River Kothai and River Pahrali. It is connected with a sub-road "Awai Farm Lane" from the link road of Kulasekaram – Marthandam at Thiruvattar from the main NH 47 in a serene, evergreen highland. It is 5 km from the Marthandam Railway Station and 50 km away from Thiruvananthapuram International Airport .

The library, also called by Excelites as the Wisdom Centre within the campus, contains more than 3000 volumes of selected books on various subjects.^[1] It has reference materials and sources such as encyclopaedias, childcraft, dictionaries, domestic and international children's research documents, newspapers, and a collection of child play-related materials, i.e. Audio & Video Compact Disc and Tapes.^{[citation needed]}

In 2015, a space observatory was inaugurated by NASA astronaut Dr. Donald Alan Thomas in the campus to engage students with astronomy and astrophysics, while building an interest of space exploration within them.^[2] The space observatory houses a telescope used by students, teachers and parents to observe and research cosmic entities.^{[citation needed]} Students have conducted research on Sunspots, the Moon and other nearby planets.^{[citation needed]}

The school also has a research room with computers with internet access, that is accessible to the students and teachers.^{[citation needed]}

The principal of the school since 2016 is Binu Kumar, acting under the supervision of the board of directors of Excel Group of Schools. The vice-principal and other academic coordinators work in accordance to the school's functioning guidelines.^{[citation needed]}

• IIMUN Kanyakumari 2016 Best School Award: Awarded by IIMUN at Kanyakumari for winning the most number of medals in 2016.^[3]

• IIMUN Vellore 2016 Best School Award: Awarded by IIMUN at Vellore for winning the most number of medals in the year 2016.^{[citation needed]}

• NIF IGNITE Award: Awarded by National Innovation Foundation to Ram Nikash by the then President of India Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam in the year 2014.^[4]
• NIF IGNITE Award: Awarded by National Innovation Foundation to Ram Akash by the then President of India Pranab Mukherjee in the year 2015.^[5]