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CMS COLLEGE LP SCHOOL KOTTAYAM ( CHETTYTHERUVU SCHOOL )

The institute is located at Chalukunnu, 500 meters west of Baker Junction on the Kottayam Kumarakam Road in Kottayam District, Kerala State, India. The first school in Kerala is College LP School is Kottayam. The founders of the college are the Church Mission Society. In the context of language being a challenge for missionary activities, the Church Mission Society first thought about an educational institution and based on that, a Grammar School was established in the building behind the present CMS College Great Hall with the intention of training the natives in the English language in order to prepare them for mission work. Later in 1813, the construction work of the college building started. The College started three years later in 1816 with 25 students, but official records show that it was established in 1817. Later, due to space constraints, the Grammar School was shifted outside the college campus. The Grammar-School was split into two, the primary section in 1851 from the college campus under the name CMS College LP School (Chettitheruv School) to the campus where the CSI Bishop's Bungalow and the CSI Madhya Mahayidavaka Office are located at Chalukunnu on Chettitheruv Road leading to the CSI Holy Trinity Cathedral. The upper primary section was also relocated to Bailey Bungalow Chungam under the name of CMS College High School. English missionary Rev. Benjamin Bailey is the founder of the school. Mrs. Mary Jacob from 1983-1990, Mrs. Mary Thomas from 1990-2004, Mrs. Priya Thomas from 2004-2007, Mrs. Shirley Mole D from 2007-2016 and Mrs. Susan Phillips from 2016-2021 served as heads of the institution in this school. From 2021, Mrs. Elizabeth Shirley Thomas continues as the Headmistress.