The Government Victoria College in Palakkad, is the oldest institution of higher learning in the Malabar region of Kerala. It holds a rich educational heritage in the history of malabar region.
The institution became began out withinside the yr 1866 as a Rate School because it depended for its finance upon an academic fee which became at that point levied with the aid of using the Local Government. In 1871 the nearby Fund Act got here into pressure and academic prices had been abolished, the faculty became taken over with the aid of using the Local Fund Board.
In 1877, the faculty have become a Government High School and in 1884, it became passed over with the aid of using Government to the control of the Municipal Council, Government paid the internet costs of the college. In January 1888 the excessive faculty became raised to the rank of a Second Grade College and became affiliated with the University of Madras.
Government Victoria College was accredited by NAAC.
Government Victoria College courses are offered at various levels like Undergraduate Degree (i.e Bachelor of Science Honours (B.Sc. Hons.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.), Bachelor of Arts (BA) Special English, etc.), Postgraduate Degree (i.e Master of Science (M.Sc.) Statistics, M.com, Master of Arts (MA) English, etc.). You can also find a brief overview of the different courses offered by the university across various disciplines with their specializations on the Course page.
Library:
Government Victoria College General Library is one of the oldest College Libraries in Kerala, which began functioning in conjunction with the inception of the group. It is prepared with extra than 100 thousand studying substances in diverse codecs housed especially in General Library and in unique departmental libraries.
All those assets sufficiently complement the academic, intellectual, leisure, and religious necessities of the individuals of this prestigious group. Resources of the library are open to all of the students, teachers, noncoaching individuals, and studies students withinside the group.
A person-pleasant interface for looking at documents (OPAC) is likewise to be had withinside the library. Library transactions are absolutely computerized with the world-over acclaimed loose library software program known as KOHA. The General Library is functioning in an impartial building, with a seating potential of a hundred and forty humans withinside the analyzing room. It subscribes to diverse newspapers and periodicals in English, Malayalam, and Tamil languages, and some peer-reviewed reference journals.
Admission is based on an entrance exam conducted by the University.
In 1877, the school became a Government High School and in 1884, it was handed over by Government to the management of the Municipal Council, Government paying the net charges of the college. In January1888 the high school was raised to the rank of a Second Grade College and was affiliated to the University of Madras. The Municipal Council resolved to work the institution on the salary grant system from 1st April 1894.
With the introduction of the three-year Degree course the intermediate course was abolished and the Pre-University course was started in 1956. As a result of the formation of Linguistic Provinces, the college was affiliated to the University of Kerala in 1957. Post-graduate course in English Literature and Statistics and pre-professional course in Engineering and Non-Engineering were started in the same year.