Punalur - Educational Institutions

Educational Institutions

Schools:-Punalur has many Government, aided and unaided schools, which play an active role in producing a bright future for Punalur. Starting from the first school, St. John's L. P. School popular as 'Roma School' opened in thatched sheds in the St. Mary's Church campus during the late 19th Century, people of this area is promoting education. The Government Higher Secondary School in Punalur and the Taluk Samjam Schools were established in early 20th century. Later the Taluk Samjam Schools were split into Boys HSS, Girls HS, and the Chemmanthoor HSS.

Public Schools

  • St. John's L. P. School (The first School of Punalur)
  • Boys HSS
  • Government HSS
  • Girls HS
  • Sabarigiri Senior Secondary School
  • SN Trust HSS
  • St. Thomas HSS
  • Chemanthoor HSS
  • Tholicode LPS
  • NSV vocational higher secondary school
  • SN Public School
  • TVTM School
  • St.Goretti HSS
  • TocH Public School
  • Kelancavu LPS
  • GDHS Piravanthoor
  • GUPS Piravanthoor
  • SNUPS Vazhathoppu
  • GUPS Chekom
  • Fathima Public School

Technical Institutions

  • Government Polytechnic
  • Bharatha Matha ITC
  • SMG ITC

Colleges:-

  • Sree Narayana College Punalurwas established in 1965 and managed by the Sree Narayana Trust, Kollam, one of the leading educational agencies in the state. The college offers courses at the degree and post-graduate levels in Arts, Science and Humanities and is fast developing into a centre of excellence in University education. Its academic, research and extension programmes have been rendering outstanding service to society by moulding academically equipped, intellectually inquisitive, emotionally balanced and socially committed citizens.
  • Cooperative Engineering College:-This college is located at Piravanthoor, 4 KMs away from Punalur.
  • Hindustan Engineering College

There are many other professional colleges around Punalur.

Fine Arts Institutions

  • Sree Thyagaraja School of Music (Since 1928)

Religious Institutions

  • Bethel Bible College was founded in 1927, is the official theological training institution of the Malayalam District council of the South India Assemblies of God.
  • Nirmalgiri Novitiate, Punalur (Since 1981)CMI St. Joseph's Province
  • Sirajul Islam Madrasa

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