Old Seminary situated in Chungam, Kottayam is the first institution
to start English education in South India. C.M.S High School (which
later became C.M.S 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.
Kottayam is a major center of education. Mahatma Gandhi University,
one of the six universities in Kerala is located here. Other prominent
educational institutions located in Kottayam include C.M.S College(the
first college in kerala), Baselius College, B.C.M Collegeand K.E College.
Medical College, Kottayam one of the government medical colleges,
is located at Gandhinagar close to Kottayam.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 situated in the district.
Kottayam town is the first town in India to have achieved 100% literacy
(a remarkable feat achieved as early as in 1989).
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