Genesis

Kendriya Vidyalaya Karaikudi has started working in 17th August,1976 as a branch Vidyalaya of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Madurai with a population of 94 students. The Vidyalaya attained the independent status and started the classes upto VI with strength of 163 students. It had been growing steadily in her staggering strides, amidst many-sided difficulties and shortcomings and rose to the position of a full pledged Kendriya Vidyalaya of classes upto X in the year 1981- 82 and XII class(Science Stream) in the year of 2007-2008. It had steadily grown over the years and its population reached 1460 in the academic year 2023-24.