The Government College is an arts and science college located on a hill called Manimalakunnu, near Koothattukulam in the Ernakulam district of Kerala, India .
It was established in 1981 with the initiative of local peasants and village leaders who formed a Rural Education Society and raised money through donations. Later the land was handed over to the government of Kerala to establish a junior college. The college is accredited with the National Assessment and Accreditation Council at B level.
The institution educates the poor and underprivileged people around the neighbouring villages of Thirumarady, Mannathoor,Elanji Koothattukulam , Palakuzha, Pampakuda, Piravom, Mulanthuruthy and Ramamangalam, all remote villages with no other facility for higher learning.
The college is affiliated with the Mahatma Gandhi University . The college offers EDUSAT facilities for e-learning and teaching.
History
The history of T.M Jacob Memorial Government College, Manimalakunnu is the story of the initiatives of the Rural Education Society (RES- NO.ER-332/76), a charitable trust founded by the agrarian people in the Thirumaradi panchayat for satisfying their thirst for higher education. The year 1981 witnessed the starting of a government college at Manimalakunnu, a result of the work of the Late Sri. K.C. Zacharia, Ex. MLA (President), Sri. M. J. Jacob Muttappallil (Secretary), and Sri. Thomas Mathai Pallippattu (treasurer), the then office bearers. Originally affiliated to the University of Kerala, the college is now affiliated to the MGU, Kottayam.
The College was formally inaugurated by late Sri, Baby John, Minister for education, on 29 September 1981 at a public function presided over by Sri. P.C Chacko, the then local MLA and Hon’ble Minister for Industries, Government of Kerala. Classes were temporarily started in the Parish Hall of St. John’s Catholic Church, Vadakara. On 1 June 1983, the college was shifted to the newly constructed building at Manimalakunnu. On 13 March 1984, the required extent of land along with the building was officially handed over to the Government on behalf of the society by Sri. T.M Jacob, Minister for Education in a ceremony, presided over by the local MLA, Sri. Benny Bahanan.
Within a very short span of time, the college became a centre for higher learning catering to the needs of the poor and backward students; most of them belonging to SC, ST and minority categories in the eastern part of Ernakulam District.
The college offers two postgraduate and six undergraduate programmes. The college has the distinction of being one of the few state owned arts and science colleges in central Kerala using ICT techniques for augmenting teaching-learning processes.
Milestones
1981- college started functioning in the Parish Hall, St. John The Baptist Catholic Church, Vadakara .
1983 - Shifted to the present campus
1984 - Upgraded as an undergraduate college by starting B.Com
1994 - UGC granted affiliation and listed u/s2/f) and 12 (b)
1998 – Upgraded as a postgraduate college by starting M.Com
2008 – NAAC accredited with B grade
Courses
Graduate programmes
B.Com
B.A.Economics
B.Sc.Physics
B.Sc.Chemistry(model2 Industrial Chemistry)
BA English (Literature, Communication and Journalism)
BA Malayalam(Journalism and copy writing)
Postgraduate programmes
M.Sc.Pharmaceutical Chemistry
M.Com
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