the school was declared open by Late sri Pamulapati Venkata Krishnaiah Choudary, Zilla Board president and foundation stone was laid on the same day for construction & pakka building in the acquised land. During pre-independence days, Indians particularly villagers were suffering with literacy, poverty and superstitions and lead their lives in desperate conditions. The intellectuals, humanists, so
cial reformers and philanthropists in the country realized the importance of modern education to eradicate the backwardness of rural masses. The plight of modukuru and surrounding villages in the Guntur District was not different. The philanthropists in the village felt the importance of education to change the life style of the people. In those days for secondary education our villagers had to go to Thuremella, Tenali or Nidubrolu, which are far away from Modukuru. More over there were no proper transport facilities. So the elders of the village decided to start a secondary school to serve the educational needs of the village as well as surrounding villages with the cooperation of the zilla board president Late Sri Pamulapati Venkata Krishnnaiah Chowdary, the local elders Sri Annapareddy S***a Reddy (Ex-Sarpanch), Alla Raghava Reddy, Movva Veera Reddy (Ex-Sarpanch), Alla Venkata S***a Reddy (Ex-Sarpanch), Gade Naga Bhushana Reddy (Ex-sarpanch, Tsundur) and others put Great efforts and started a Secondary school in August 1946. The school was named after the great poet and social reformer YOGI VEMANA as "Vemana Zilla Board High School" which has changed later as Vemana Zilla Parishad High School. For establishing the school, villagers donated money. The Tsunduru village sarpanch contributed Rs 10,000/-(TEN THOUSAND) on behalf of their gram panchayathi with the accsued money the organizers purchased Five (5) acres of land in the village, in which infrastructure facilities would be provided. During this long period the Alma Master produced thousands of students. Sri Gogireddy Satyanarayana Reddy, who was conferred with "YOUNG SCIENTIST MEDAL” (Presented by President of India), is touch stone. Indeed it is proud to this reputable institution. Some of the old students settled in noble professions-Doctors, Engineers, University, College and School Teachers, Civil Servants, Judges, Lawyers etc. Even the Alumni of the present generation spread allover the world and getting name and fame to this renowned school and Village.
