Kuriakose Elias Group of English Medium Schools, established in the year 1991, situated at the eastern side of the hillock of Mannanam, Kottayam. Mannanam is the Holy place, where St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara started the CMI Congregation and his first Sanskrit school.
The schools are named after this great luminary of the 19th century Kerala and managed by the CMI St. Joseph’s Province, Thiruvananthapuram. Kuriakose Elias School, began its odyssey on July 16, 1991 as an unaided English Medium School, recognized by the Government of Kerala, with the U P and High School sections. In June 1995, Kindergarten Section and Day Care Center was added to the School.
Kuriakose Elias English Medium School got affiliated to the ICSE board in February 2002, and then added the Higher Secondary Section (ISC). In July 2002, the recognized State Syllabus was upgraded to a Higher Secondary School with courses in Science, Commerce and Computer Science. Kuriakose Elias English Medium School is a group of two different schools affiliated to ICSE Board and Kerala State with different sections for each stream.