History
Sivgiri Sree Narayana Senior Secondary School (Earlier known as Sivagiri Sree Narayana Central School) was established in 1979. Some devoted disciples of Sree Narayana Guru approached Swami Geethananda, who was the General Secretary of Sivagiri Sree Narayana Dharmasanghom Trust with the idea of opening a school complex in the 250 Acre site near Sivagiri. Swami Geethananda agreed to this idea and deputed his colleagues like Swami Saswathikananda to execute the vision. Prof.Vijayaraghavan and first principal Lt.Col. Shenoy established the school with the support of Swami Saswathikananda. Later, Prof.P.K.G.Purushothaman took over and built an academic base for the infant institution. The institution flourished under the leadership of the seasoned Principal Mr.P.Purushothaman, who built up the institution, nurtured it and took it to great heights.
The School got affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, Government of India on 21 May 1983. Prominent personalities like R.Prakasham, who worked as the Secretary of the managing committee, Educationalist Dr.B.K. Nair, Parliamentarians like Mr.Dennis(Nagercoil), Mr.Vijayaraghavan(Palakkad), Mr.Neela Lohitadas (Trivandrum) and then. Central Minister Mr. A.A.Rahim and then State Ministers Mr. Vakkom Purushothaman and Mr.K.Sadasivan helped the institution with proper guidance to get the affiliation to CBSE. A National Integration Hostel was established with the help of then Chief Minister Mr.K.Karunakaran, who donated Rupees One Lakh from the Government for the project.
The school is administered by an advisory committee which has been formed by the Sree Narayana Dharma Sanghom Trust. The school have classes from Lower Kindergarten till XII Standard. In 1984-85, the first batch of students appeared for the CBSE tenth Standard examination.
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