Kudallur: Educational Facilities

The village has five schools, two of them private. They are
1, AJB School Kudallur,
2, GBLP School Kudallur,
3, GUP School Kudallur,
4, Al Hilal English Medium School Kudallur (private),
5, Sandeepani English Medium School Kudallur (private)

The first two schools offer education for standard 1to 4. GUP School has 5, 6 and 7 standards. The last two schools offer classes from 1 to 10. Kudallur depends outside for higher education. Most of the students prefer Thrithala High School, Thrithala for High School studies. Govt. VHS School Vattenad and Govt. HS School Mezhathur are the next options. Some of the parents - especially those who are working abroad- like English medium schools for their children. For inter-mediate (Higher Secondary and Vocational Higher Secondary) education the village goes to near towns such as Kuttipuram, Kunnamkulam, Koottanad, Pattambi and Edappal. A lot of parallel institutions work at these towns. They entertain a large number of students. Wisdom College Kumaranellur is the pioneer institution in parallel field.
Students from Kudallur depends SNGS Arts and Science College Pattambi, MES College Ponnani, MES Engineering College Kuttipuram, all the colleges in Thrissur city, some of the colleges of Malappuram and Kozhikode districts for collegiate education. Now a day a considerable number of students of the village go to distant districts and other states. Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Coimbatore, Trichy and Mysore are the places of attraction for professional education.
But, one of the many new trends in the educational concepts of the village causes a great concern. The new English medium schools pose threat to the Government schools. In the case of AJB School, it taught seven or eight generations. But the flow of students- even the children of low- income families- to the new schools made the student strength of the AJBS low. Now it struggle to survive. GUP School also faces this threat.
Even then, the fact that village is 100% literate is a matter of joy.

Kudallur: Old Masjid Gets New Face

The oldest Masjid of Kudallur, the Jumua Masjid Kudallur is undergoing a renewal process, a rebuilding process actually. For this, the old beautiful masjid was demolished and the old valuable Indo-Islamic sculpture was disappeared. It was a beautiful masjid. It stood in the midst of the large khabrsthan (cemetery). Roof top of the masjid was beautifully decorated with single wood sculptures. The main woods are the Teak and Veetty. Big doors of the inner masjid were marvelous. It had four to six big flowers carved on each of them. Four inch iron belts were there on it, at the top, middle and bottom. The doors had no metal hinges.
One should go to the upstairs to enjoy the real beauty of the masjid. Big wooden beams which elevate the roof, wooden carvings which shine as new and so many other things were there to remember.
The beautiful picture of the Sree Muthuvilyaumkunnu Siva Temple could be seen from the terrace of old masjid building, just a few meters away from the masjid. It is heard that one of the oldest rural landlord gave a large area to build masjid and temple near to each other. Do you know that the Hindu- Muslim unity of the village is well appreciated during the 1920’s, the age in which the struggle against the British colonization became powerful in Malabar. The British people used to divide Hindus and Muslims by spreading false stories about tortures. But this kin of rumors had nothing to do with Kudallur’s unity.