thumb|CMS College Kottayam The first Western styled college in Kerala was the C.M.S. College (Grammar School) (1840) in Kottayam built by Church Missionary Society.CMS College CMS website. St Berchmans English High School Changanasserry in 1891, became the one of the first residential high school established by the clergies of Catholic Church, under leadership of Fr Charles Lavigne. Later SB College Changanasserry in 1922, became one of the first institutions of higher education by Syro Malabar Catholic Church.
thumb|CMS College Kottayam The first Western styled college in Kerala was the C.M.S. College (Grammar School) (1840) in Kottayam built by Church Missionary Society.CMS College CMS website St Berchmans English High School Changanasserry in 1891, became the one of the first residential high school established by the clergies of Catholic Church, under leadership of Fr Charles Lavigne. Later SB College Changanasserry in 1922, became one of the first institutions of higher education by Syro Malabar Catholic Church.