The district of Pathanamthitta in the Indian state of Kerala is the youngest district located in the southern part of the nation. The district has the town of Pathanamthitta as its headquarters and it is surrounded by the Kollam, Alappuzha, Idukki and Kottayam Districts of the state of Kerala. On the eastern side, Pathanamthitta is bordered by the state of Tamil Nadu and some of the major towns in the district are Koni, Mallapally, Kozhencherry, Ranni, Pandalam, Adoor, Tiruvalla and Pathanamthitta.

Education in Pathanamthitta District:

The district of Pahtanamthitta has two educational districts namely Tiruvalla and Pathanamthitta and the literacy rate of the district is as high as 96.93%. Even though, the district does not have any university, it has many colleges and most of the colleges in the district are affiliated to the Mahatma Gandhi University located at Kottayam. The list of government colleges offering education from the Pathanamthitta District of the state of Kerala is given below:

Engineering College:

• College of Engineering, Kallooppara

Arts & Science Colleges:

• College of Applied Science, Mallappally

• College of Applied Science, Adoor

Polytechnic Colleges:

• Government Polytechnic, Vechoochira

• Government Polytechnic, Adoor

• Government Polytechnic, Vennikulam

Here are some of the details regarding the government colleges operating from the Pathanamthitta District of the state of Kerala:

Engineering Colleges:

The Government Engineering College in the Pathanamthitta District was established under the aegis of the Institute of Human Resource Development of Government of Kerala and the engineering college is approved by AICTE and is affiliated to the Cochin University of Science and Technology. The college offers Bachelor of Technology course in the following subjects:

• Information Technology

• Electronics & Communication Engineering

• Computer Science & Engineering

For each of these courses, the college is approved with an intake capacity of 60 students per year and admissions to these courses are done based on Common Entrance Test conducted by the Commissioner of Entrance Examinations of the state of Kerala.

Arts & Science Colleges:

Both the applied science colleges in the district of Pathanamthitta are functioning under the aegis of the Institute of Human Resource Development of Government of Kerala and of these colleges, college at Mallappally is affiliated to the Mahatma Gandhi University located at Kottayam, while the other applied science college is Adoor is affiliated to the Kerala University. The list of courses offered by these institutions is given below:

• B. Sc Computer Science

• B. Sc Electronics

• M. Sc Computer Science

• PGDCA

• M. Sc in Electronics

Admission to these colleges are done based on the merit secured by candidates in the qualifying examination.

Polytechnic Colleges:

The Government Polytechnic College functioning under the Pathanamthitta District are approved by the All India Council for Technical Education the some of the courses offered by these colleges are given below:

• Diploma in Electronics

• Diploma in Computer Engineering

• Diploma in Civil Engineering

• Diploma in Automobile Engineering

• Diploma in Polymer Technology

• Diploma in Architecture

Thus, Pathanamthitta District, which is a district with highest literacy rate contributes towards the educational development of the state through these colleges.