Education in Kottayam district

Last updated September 21, 2024

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, on seeing a need for a English High School for students of Central Travancore, established a residential high school St Berchmans English High School in 1891 in Changanasserry under leadership of Fr Charles Lavigne, then vicariate apostolate of Kottayam. Even though it was started as a school for seminarians, it was made to 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

Engineering colleges

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

Institutes of media studies

Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Kottayam
KR Narayanan National Institute of Visual Science and Arts
Manorama School of Communication
Creative Hut Institute of Photography, Mattakkara
St Joseph College Of Communication, Changanassery

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

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↑ OTS website.
↑ CMS College CMS website.
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[1] Old seminary Istamp gallery website.

[2] OTS website.

[3] CMS College CMS website.

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