Pallam - Education

Education

Prior to the arrival of CMS Missioners itself, this place was famous for education. There had some prominent Gurus ( teachers) who used to follow Gurukul Education System . Ulahannan Asan of Aaryattuparampil was one among them who was the teacher of Catholicose Mar Baselios Geevarghese II .Later he joined hands with CMS Missioeries to start English Education at Pallom. Another prominent Syrian Christian was Malpan Geeverghese Parapuram, Syriac Scholar who served at the manimala CMI Seminary as the Rector and also at the Old Orthodox Seminary. He was the guru to Vattaserial Thirumeni, Metropolitan of the Malankara Orthodox Church.

This is the place where one of the earliest schools were set up in Kerala, CMS Middle school (Currently CMS Higher Secondary School) and the Buchanan Institutions started by Henry Baker. The Buchanan Teacher Training School helped a lot in the spread of education, especially among the lower echelons of society, through the dedicated teachers trained there. The region benefited a lot from the early exposure to English education and the first graduate in Kerala is supposed to belong to this village.

The village has kindergarten, primary and secondary schools. The C.M.S. (erstwhile Church Mission Society, currently under CSI Madhya Kerala Diocese Society) runs separate schools for boys and girls. The main playground for soccer is in the boy's school. St. Paul's C.B.S.E. School is run by the St. Paul's Orthodox Church.