Caussanel College of Arts and Science

Caussanel College of Arts and Science is the brightest jewel in the crown of more than one hundred years of educational service by the Congregation who have been serving the rural masses through a network of schools, colleges, industrial schools spreadall over India. The college is named after rev.Fr.Adrin caussanel, a Jesuit French Missionary, who founded the congregation of the Brothers of the scared Heart in the year 1903 at palayamkottai. The College is located in the rural coastal region of Ramanathapuram district which is socially and economi-cally backward. The people of this area make their livelihood mainly by fishing and agriculture. The path of education is hindered to these rural youth especially the girl children as they have to travel 50 kms to and fro to get their higher education. The institution was established by the Congregation of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus for provid-ing higher education to the rural youth. In its educational apostolate spanning over a period of 60 years, the oganisation has been instrumental in the education of thousands of students not only from the tiny village of Muthupettai but also from numerous other remote and backward villages of Ramanathapuram district paving the way for their social and economic development by way of gainful employment. It would not be an exag-geration to say that if it was not the efforts of the organisation in the area of education, most children from these villages would not have seen the light of education. In the area of education of girls too, the oganistion has played a very significant role.