Education in Kottayam district

The Old Seminary (Orthodox Pazhaya Seminary) of the Malankara Orthodox Church at Chungam, is the first institution to start English education in South India. It was founded in 1815 by Colonel John Monroe. C.M.S High School (which later became Church Missionary Society College High School) was founded by the British missionary Rev. Benjamin Bailey. The first college in the state (C.M.S. College) was started at Kottayam in 1840. It is also the second college in India established by the British empire. C.M.S. College was previously known as "Grammar School".

Educational Hub

Kottayam is a major centre of education. Mahatma Gandhi University, one of the six universities in Kerala is located here. Other prominent educational institutions located in Kottayam include Government College, Kottayam, C.M.S. College, Baselius College, KG College Pampady, B.C.M College and K. E. College (Kuriakose Elias College, Mannanam). Medical College, Kottayam one of the government medical colleges, is located at Gandhinagar close to Kottayam. Government Dental College, Kottayam, the third and the latest Dental College is also located in Gandhinagar. Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, the government engineering college named after former prime minister of India Mr. Rajiv Gandhi is situated in Pampady. There are also a number of other engineering colleges in the district. Theophilus college of Nursing, Kangazha is the first Self-financing Nursing College to be started in the private sector. The Mar Thoma Seminary Higher Secondary School located on Zion Hill of Kottayam. This school was awarded the best school of the Kerala state in 1976. Kottayam has a Technical Higher Secondary School and College of Applied Science managed by IHRD located at Puthuppally.

Education and research

According to a journal published in 2010, Kottayam 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 in the district. The only university affiliated media college in south India, (SJCC), is in Kottayam District. Mahatma Gandhi University, one of six universities in Kerala, is located at Kottayam[1] while Medical College, Kottayam is located about 8 km (5 mi) from the town.

Arts and Science Colleges

Engineering Campuses

Self-financed Engineering Colleges

Media Studies

Polytechnics

Other organizations

Other institutes include the Tropical Institute of Ecological Sciences (TIES); an autonomous, affiliated research center of Mahatma Gandhi University for Environmental Sciences, Centre for Rural Management (CRM), Kottayam (an autonomous research organizations for rural development), Central Research Institute for Homoeopathy, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Sreenivasa Ramanujam Institute of Basic Sciences, KR Narayanan National Institute of Visual Science and Arts and Rubber Research Institute of India (RRI).

I.I.T.Kottayam

The Indian Institute of Information Technology - Kottayam (IIIT-K), is one of the premier information technology institutes in the country. Opened in 2015, it is located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) north-east of Kottayam Town, at Valavoor, near Pala. The institute is set up on PPP mode, involving investments from the Government of India, Government of Kerala, and industry partners (Rolta, Lulu group and Cochin International Airport).

The entrance coaching centre, Brilliant, is also situated in Kottayam (Mutholy, Pala).

Other Educational institutions

References

  1. ↑ Kurien L (2010). "Structure and functioning of Gramsabhas" (PDF).
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