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General John Munro, who was Diwan of Travancore, established the first college in India, CMS College Kottayam in 1815. Fr Kuriakose Elias Chavara who introduced the concept 'Pallikoodam' which gave admission to all students irrespective of gender, caste, creed etc. Mar Charles Lavigne, founder of one of the first residential English High Schools in Central Travancore, St Berchmans English High ...
Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja (Kerul Varma Pyche Rajah, Cotiote Rajah) (1753–1805) was the Prince Regent and the de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Kottayam in Malabar, India between 1774 and 1805. He led the Pychy Rebellion (Wynaad Insurrection, Coiote War) against the English East India Company. He is popularly known as Kerala Simham (Lion of ...
Kerala Board of Public Examination is the state level education board of Kerala. It is administered by the Government of Kerala. The board is responsible for conducting various examinations on the basis of a unified law. Its headquarters are located at Pareeksha Bhavan, Poojappura, Thiruvananthapuram. [1]
Kerala has around 9,491 government and private medical institutions in the state, with a Population Bed ratio of 879, one of the highest in the country. [10] Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram. Founded in 1951, it is the oldest Medical College in Kerala and one of the largest tertiary care hospitals in the state.
Education in the Indian subcontinent began with the teaching of traditional subjects, including Indian religions, mathematics, and logic.Early Hindu and Buddhist centers of learning, such as the ancient Takshashila (in modern-day Pakistan), Nalanda (in India), Mithila (in India and Nepal), Vikramshila, Telhara, and Shaunaka Mahashala in the Naimisharanya forest, served as key sites for education.
Buddhism has historical influences on educational culture in Kerala. [4] The origin of the names Ezhuthu Palli and Pallikoodam trace back to the roots of Buddhism. [5] Until the end of the 18th century, the word Namostu Jinatam (Namotu Chinatam) was used in the beginning of Kerala's education courses for praying to the Buddha.
Kerala Board of Public Examination; Kerala Education Act 1958 (Act 6 of 1959) Kerala Fire and Rescue Services Academy; Kerala Library Association; Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad; Kerala School Kalolsavam
Nossiter, Thomas Johnson (1982), "Kerala's identity: unity and diversity", Communism in Kerala: a study in political adaptation, University of California Press, ISBN 978-0-520-04667-2 Oommen, T. K. (September 2001), "Civil Society: Religion, Caste and Language in India", Sociological Bulletin , 50 (2): 219– 235, doi : 10.1177/0038022920010204 ...