Al-Ameen College, Edathala

Al-Ameen College, Edathala, Aluva is an pioneering Arts and Science Co-Educational Institution of higher education under aided sector. It is one of the flagship institutions run by the Al-Ameen Education Trust, Kochi. The Trust is part of the Al-Ameen Movement established in Bangalore by a group of dedicated, inspired thinkers and professionals who wished to impart education among the minority sections of the society.
The Founder of Al-Ameen Movement, Dr.Mumthaz Ahamed Khan, is a visionary who strove to make his dreams reality. His innate integrity and compassion compelled him towards the development of the downtrodden sections of society. He visualized three major areas for effective socio-economic uplift; namely, education, health care and banking. The realisation of this thought led to the establishment of the Al-Ameen Movement and its numerous institutions of excellence.
Al-Ameen Education Trust, Kochi which established in 1979 endorses the tenets of the parent movement in the educational institutions it runs in Kerala. The Trust currently has, four higher secondary schools and five primary schools under its wing, apart from the Arts and Science College, Al-Ameen College, Edathala.
Al-Ameen College, Edathala has a humble beginning as a junior College with five Pre-Degree batches in 17 November, 1981 on the lap of rural area of Edathala Grama- Panchayat in a serene atmosphere, comprising of 25 acres of land. The Institution was initially affiliated to the University of Kerala, Trivandrum. Subsequently, on the formation the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam in 1983, the affiliation of the Institution was shifted to this new University.The Institution practises the noble mission and vision of providing quality education focusing on personality development, character formation and communal harmony as envisaged by its founders.
The College was elevated to the status of a degree College by the affiliation of the first aided degree course, B.Com Taxation in the year of 1991. Subsequently, more aided degree courses, B.Sc Petrochemicals, B.A Economics ( Model II) and B.Sc Physics ( Model II) were started in the years 1995,1998 and 2000 respectively. The College was raised to the level of a Post Graduate College with the commencement of M.Com Degree course under aided stream in the year of 2001. Later, M.Sc Mathematics was started in the year of 2013 under the aided stream.