Education in Kottayam district Last updated September 05, 2025
Kottayam district is a centre of education in Kerala state. The Orthodox Theological Seminary (Orthodox Pazhaya Seminary ) at Chungam was the first institution to teach English in South India . [ 1] It was founded in 1815 by Colonel John Monroe. [ 2] The C.M.S High School (which later became the Church Missionary Society College High School) was founded by the British missionary, Benjamin Bailey. The first college in Kerala state and the second established under British rule in India was the C.M.S. College (Grammar School) (1840). [ 3] Mahatma Gandhi University is located in Kottayam district. Later, the clergies of Catholic Church, after seeing a need for an English high school for students of Central Travancore, established a residential high school St Berchmans English High School in 1891 in Changanasserry under the leadership of Fr Charles Lavigne , then vicariate apostolate of Kottayam. Even though it was started as a school for seminarians, it became public soon itself. In 1922, Venerable Mar Thomas Kurialacherry founded the famous SB College Changanassery for both intermediate students and scholars in Central Travancore. Today, both CMS College and SB College are recognised, for their legacy, as reputed and noted institutions of Kerala.
Educational Institutions Kottayam district has 478 lower primary schools, 208 upper primary schools and 258 high schools. There are also 24 arts and science colleges, four Training colleges, three co-operative colleges, seven teachers training institutes, two industrial training institutes, and many engineering colleges. [ 4] Educational institutions located in Kottayam district include:
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kottayam Indian Institute of Mass Communication , Kottayam Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam CMS College, Kottayam SB College, Changanasserry Government Medical College, Kottayam , Gandhinagar Government Dental College, Kottayam,(Gandhinagar) Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam (Government Engineering College), Pampady Government College, Kottayam Baselius College B.C.M College, Kottayam KG College Pampady Kuriakose Elias College, Mannanam Theophilus College of Nursing, Kangazha (private sector) Mar Thoma Seminary Higher Secondary School, Zion Hill, Kottayam. Kottayam Technical Higher Secondary School and College of Applied Science, IHRD , Puthuppally St Joseph College of Communication Other arts and science colleges St. Xavier's College, Vaikom Baker Women's College, Kottayam Bishop Kurialacherry College, Amalagiri S.N. College, Kumarakom St. Mary's College, Manarcad Ettumanoorappan College, Ettumanoor St. Thomas College, Pala Alphonsa College, Pala Sree Sabareesa College, Mundakayam St. Dominics College, Kanjirappally St. George College, Aruvithura MES College, Erattupetta NSS Hindu College, Changanasserry St. Stephen's College, Uzhavoor P. G. R. Memorial S N Arts and Science College, Channanikkadu Gurudeva Institute of Science and Technology, Puthuppally B.K. College, Amalagiri S.V.R.N.S.S. College, (Kodungoor ) Vazhoor PGM College, Devagiri, Kangazha PRDS College of Arts and Sciences, Changanassery Devamatha College, Kuravilangad College Of Applied Science, Payyappady, Puthuppally Shermount College of Arts and Commerce, Erumely MES College, Erumely Labour India College, Marangaattupally Bishop Speechly college, Pallom Private sector Engineering colleges St. Joseph's College of Engineering & Technology, Pala Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappally Mangalam College of Engineering Saintgits College of Engineering, Pathamuttom Kottayam Institute of Technology and Science, Pampady College of Engineering, Poonjar Mar Augusthinose College, Ramapuram. D.B. College, Keezhoor. K.G. College, Pampady Ettumanoorappan College, Ettumanoor. B.V.M. College, Pala St. Dominic's College , Kanjirapally K.E. College, Mannanam Mangalam College of Engineering, Ettumanoor Henry Baker College , Melukavu Polytechnic colleges Government Polytechnic College, Kottayam Model Polytechnic College, Mattakkara Government Polytechnic college, Pala Other organizations Other institutes include
Tropical Institute of Ecological Sciences (TIES), a research center affiliated with the Mahatma Gandhi University for Environmental Sciences Centre for Rural Management (CRM) Central Research Institute for Homoeopathy Sreenivasa Ramanujam Institute of Basic Sciences KR Narayanan National Institute of Visual Science and Arts Rubber Research Institute of India (RRI). NSS Training College, Changanacherry Schools Marian Senior Secondary School, Kalathipady, Kottayam Holy Family International School, Elangoi, Chamampathal Joseph's Public School and Junior College, Kunnumbhagam, Kanjirappally Lourdes Public School and Junior College Sree Kumaramangalam Public School, Kumarakom Sree Kumaramangalam Higher Secondary School , Kumarakom St. Shantals High School, Mammood, Changanacherry Al Manar School, Erattupetta St. Joseph's Convent Girls Higher Secondary School, Kottayam St. Anne's Girls Higher Secondary School, Kottayam Lisieux English Senior Secondary School, Vaikom Amala Public School, Moothedathukavu, Vaikom Government Higher Secondary School, Panamattom Baker Memorial Girls High School in Kottayam (1820) M.T. Seminary Higher Secondary School, Kottayam St. Joseph's High School, Kudakkachira Kendriya Vidyalaya, Kottayam Kendriya Vidyalaya, Rubber Board, Kottayam Alphonsa Residential School, Bharananganam, Palai AKJM School, Kanjirappally, Kottayam CMS LP School Arpookara Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Kottayam M.D. Seminary School, Kottayam N.S.S. College Perunna, Changanacherry N.S.S. H.S.S. Anickadu Holy Family High School, Parampuzha Baselius College, Kottayam Bappuji Central School, Peruva Mangalam EMRHSS, Ettumanoor Depaul English Medium and Public H.S.S. school, Kuravilangadu Emmanuel's HSS, Kothanalloor P Geevarghese School of Nursing, Devagiri, Kangazha, Kottayam. School of Laboratory Technology MGDM Hospital, Devagiri, Kangazha, Kottayam. St. Thomas High School, Marangattupilly Labour India Gurukulam Public School Labour India College for Teacher Education St. George's College Aruvithura D.B college, Thalayolaparambu St. Mary's H.S. school, Vaikom Government Boys H.S., Vaikom Government Girls H.S., Vaikom Government L.P.S., Mevada St. Johns Nephumsians HSS, Kozhuvanal St. Antony's High School, Mutholy St Joseph's Girls High School, Mutholy Holy Cross Higher Secondary School, Cherpunkal St. Xavers Upper Primary School, Palayam St. Gerge's Lower primary School, Mutholy St. Dominic's Higher Secondary School, Kanjirappally St. Antony's Public School and Junior College, Anackal, Kanjirappally St John's Higher Secondary School, Nedumkunnam Government Higher Secondary School, Nedumkunnam St. Tersas high school, Nedumkunnam St. John's bed college, Nedumkunnam St. John's ITC, Nedumkunnam St. Vincent E.M.H.S, Pala S.F.S Public School and Junior College, Ettumanoor MGEMHS, Vakathanam St. Antony's High School, Kadpaplamattom St. Joseph's Lower Primary School, Koodalloor Technical Higher Secondary School, Puthuppally, Kottayam St. Joseph Girls High School, Nalukody, Changanacherry Government Upper Primary School Nalukody, Changanacherry Government High School Paippad, Changanacherry St. Ann's Girls High School, Changanacherry, Sacred Heart Higher Secondary School, Changanacherry Sacred Heart Public School & Junior College, Kilimala, Changanacherry, Junior Basic Lower Primary School, Peroor St. Sebastian's Upper Primary School, Peroor University College of Medical Education, Kottayam Bethany Christian English Medium School, Kangazha Government VHSS, Nattakom Infant Jesus BCGHSS, Manarcadu St. Mary's College, Malam St. Mary's Higher Secondary School, Manarcadu M G M N S S Higher Secondary School, Lakkattoor P. T. Chacko Memorial Government ITI, Pallickathodu Amayannoor High School, Amayannoor Vivekananda Public School, Thiruvanchoor Mount Mary Public School, Malam Siva Darsana C B S E School, Mannadi C.C.M. Higher Secondary School, Karikkattoor St. George's High School and Higher Secondary School, Manimala The Baker Vidyapeedh, Kottayam St Mary's Girls High School Kanjirapally St Kuriakose Public School, Kaduthuruthy This page is based on this
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