Higher education is a tool for social progress. It cannot be viewed as an end in itself. The Government cannot promote a throwback to diehard attitudes of obscurantism and to many stagnant concepts. Society has to change positively as the world changes and adapts itself. Higher education must aim at the comprehensive development of the new generation. It must help nation building at all layers. The 1957 EMS Government's Education Bill, the 1987 Nayanar Government's Total Literacy Campaign, the child friendly and activity  oriented curriculum of 1996 were all historical signposts of this perception about education.

Institutions and organizations under the Higher Education Department
Kerala State Higher Education Council		APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University
Collegiate Education		University of Kerala
Technical Education		Mahatma Gandhi University
Common Entrance Examinations		Cochin University of Science & Technology
Center for Continuing Education		University of Calicut
NCC Department		Sree Sankaracharya  University of Sanskrit
Audio Visual Reprographic Centre		Kannur University
Government Law College		Government Music Colleges
Kerala State Science and Technology Museum		National Service Scheme
LBS Centre for Science & Technology		Kerala State Central Library
Institute of Human Resources Development		Kerala State Library council