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{{Short description|School in Kerala, India}}
{{Independent sources|date=January 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox school
| name = Govt. Vocational Higher Secondary School, Kalpakanchery
| logo =
| logo_size =
| logo_alt =
| seal_image =
| seal_size =
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| image = GVHSS Kalpakanchery.jpg
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| caption = Higher Secondary Block
| city = [[Kalpakanchery]]
| state = [[Kerala]]
| district = [[Malappuram District|Malappuram]]
| postal_code = 676551
| country = [[India]]
| coordinates = {{coord|10.937900|N|75.977155|E|display=inline,title}}
| other_name = Government Vocational Higher Secondary School Kalpakanchery
| type = High school/higher secondary school/ Vocational Higher Secondary School
| established = {{Start date and age|1 June 1920}}
| category = Government
| school_number = 11150
| school_code = Higher secondary - 19022
| grades = 5-12
| alumni =
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| gender = Co-Education
| capacity = 3000+
| school_board = [[Department of General Education|Higher Secondary Schools - Kerala Education Department]]
| language = [[English language|English]], [[Malayalam]]
}}
'''Government Vocational Higher Secondary School (GVHSS) Kalpakanchery''' is a Vocational Higher Secondary school in [[Kalpakanchery]], in the Indian state of [[Kerala]]. Established in 1920, it is one of the oldest schools in [[Malappuram]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://dhsekerala.gov.in/schoolist.aspx?dcode=11 | title=Schoolist }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://kite.kerala.gov.in/broadband/kfone_report_schools.php?district_code=Malappuram&con_status=3&type=school | title=Broadband }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/school-celebrates-mohammed-rafi-premchand/article67142885.ece | title=School celebrates Mohammed Rafi, Premchand | newspaper=The Hindu | date=31 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://sv1.mathrubhumi.com/education/schools/G._V._H._S._S._Kalpakanchery/2086/ | title=G. V. H. S. S. Kalpakanchery }}</ref>

==History==
The school was functioning as a center in [[Kalpakanchery|Melangadi, Kalpakanchery]] in 1920. It became an elementary school in 1933 at Kadungathukund. It was upgraded to a High School in 1958. The school had become the center of literacy for people across the district. The higher secondary section of the school opened in 2000.

The first LP school in Kalpakancheri was established by Malabar Wana British Government after the reign of [[Tipu Sultan]]. At that time, the first president of Kalpakancheri panchayat, Kochunni Moopan, known as Alikutty Moopan, established the LP School at [[Angadi]], later elevated to a UP School. The school was taken over by the government and shifted to Kadungathukund. After that it was upgraded to a High School. The school produced many prominent figures in politics, culture and education. During the 1980s, the institution gained the reputation for enrolling the largest number of Muslim girls in the district. At that time the school was working on a shift system.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.valanchery.in/resttoom-for-women-inaugurated-in-kalpakanchery-gvhss/ | title=കല്പകഞ്ചേരി ജി.വി.എച്ച്.എസ്.എസിൽ വനിതാ വിശ്രമകേന്ദ്രവും ശൗചാലയ ബ്ലോക്കും ഉദ്ഘാടനംചെയ്തു | date=13 June 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://valavannur.com/scout/ | title=സ്കൗട്ട്സ് ആൻഡ്‌ ഗൈഡ്‌സ് പരിചിന്തന ദിനാചരണവും രാജ്യപുരസ്കാർ അവാർഡ് നേടിയ കുട്ടികൾക്കുള്ള അനുമോദന ചടങ്ങും നടത്തി | date=23 February 2018 }}</ref>
[[File:Government Vocational Higher Secondary School, Kalpakanchery.jpg|right|thumbnail|Government Vocational Higher Secondary School, Kalpakanchery]]
[[File:GVHSS Kalpakanchery 10th B Class Batch 2006-2007 Group Photo.jpg|right|thumbnail|10th-B Class photo on the grounds of the Government Vocational Higher Secondary School - 2007]]

=== Achievements ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ SSLC exam scores<ref>{{cite web | url=https://result.kite.kerala.gov.in/analysis/Analysis/redirectDashboard/10 | title=Saphalam 2023 }}</ref>
! Year!! Percentage
|-
| 2008-2009 || 86
|-
| 2009-2010 || 89
|-
| 2010-2011 || 89
|-
| 2011-2012 || 91
|-
| 2012-2013 || 93
|-
| 2013-2014 || 95
|-
| 2014-2015 || 97
|-
| 2015-2016 || 98
|-
| 2016-2017 || 99
|-
| 2022-2023 ||100 <ref>{{cite web | url=https://result.kite.kerala.gov.in/analysis/Analysis/redirectDashboard/4 | title=Saphalam 2023 }}</ref>
|-
| 2023-2024||100
|}

==Notable people==
* [[Azad Moopen]] - healthcare entrepreneur
* [[Kurukkoli Moideen]] - politician from Kerala who represents [[Tirur Assembly constituency]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Educational Institutes in Malappuram}}

[[Category:Schools in Malappuram district]]
[[Category:Education in Malappuram]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1920]]
[[Category:1920 establishments in India]]

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