{{COI|date=October 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox school | name = Excel Central School | alt = Excel Central School | caption = Excel Central School | image = Excel_Central_School.jpg | address = 17/190A, Awai Farm Lane | city = Thiruvattar, Kanyakumari district | state = Tamil Nadu | country = India | coordinates = {{coord|8.3346|77.2637|region:IN-TN|display=inline,title}} | established = 2003 | type = Private | chairman = Dr. Sree Kumar | director = Brinda Sree Kumar | principal = Binu Kumar | ratio = 1:15, 1:25 | enrollment = 2100 | enrollment_as_of = 2016 | grades = Preschool – 12 | age_range = 3 – 17 | campus_size = {{convert|6|acre|ha}} | campus_type = Urban | motto = "Wisdom Enriches" | accreditation = CISCE | website = {{URL|https://www.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|date=October 2023}}
== Campus == This institution was established in the academic year 2003–04. The campus covers about {{convert|8|acre|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 .
=== Library === The library, also called by Excelites as the Wisdom Centre within the campus, contains more than 3000 volumes of selected books on various subjects.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.excelschools.edu.in/about/history/ |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=Excel Group of Schools |language=en-US}}</ref> 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|date=October 2023}}
=== Observatory === 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.excelschools.edu.in/about/history/ |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=Excel Group of Schools |language=en-US}}</ref> The space observatory houses a telescope used by students, teachers and parents to observe and research cosmic entities.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}} Students have conducted research on Sunspots, the Moon and other nearby planets.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}
=== Resource Room === The school also has a research room with computers with internet access, that is accessible to the students and teachers.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}
== Administration == 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|date=October 2023}}
== Awards and recognition == * '''IIMUN Kanyakumari 2016 Best School Award:''' Awarded by IIMUN at Kanyakumari for winning the most number of medals in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.excelschools.edu.in/about/history/ |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=Excel Group of Schools |language=en-US}}</ref> * '''IIMUN Vellore 2016 Best School Award:''' Awarded by IIMUN at Vellore for winning the most number of medals in the year 2016.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}} * '''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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Automatic railings at railway platform edge - National Innovation Foundation-India |url=https://nif.org.in/innovation/automatic-railings-at-railway-platform-edge/718 |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=nif.org.in}}</ref> * '''NIF IGNITE Award:''' Awarded by National Innovation Foundation to Ram Akash by the then President of India Pranab Mukherjee in the year 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Drawbridge door for trains - National Innovation Foundation-India |url=https://www.nif.org.in/innovation/drawbridge-door-for-trains/858 |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=www.nif.org.in}}</ref>
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Category:Primary schools in Tamil Nadu Category:High schools and secondary schools in Tamil Nadu Category:Schools in Kanyakumari district Category:Educational institutions established in 2003 Category:2003 establishments in Tamil Nadu