Pallavur is a small village, situated 20 km west of Palakkad town. Agriculture is the main occupation of the folk, and it is a backward area. This village had only one Lower Primary School. For Higher education, students had to go to nearby villages and towns.
In October 1970, feeling the dire need for a high school in Pallavur, some educated gentlemen of the village formed themselves into a People"s Education Society to start an English Medium School. Land was donated by the Ullatil Family of Pallavur to the extent of 12.03 acres .Donation in kind and cash were collected from Pallavur and other parts of Kerala and outside. With the funds and Materials thus generated over the years, one tiled building with seven rooms was built on the donated plot.
As the society had no funds and could not go forward any more, they approached H.H.Swami Chinmayananda of Chinmaya Mission, who was in Kerala at that time, with a request to take over the property and establish a good school in Pallavur . He agreed. Consequent to this development, a Chinmaya Trust was formed in Pallavur, after dissolving the Peoples Education Society. The trust took over the property and started a school, in the same building which was inaugurated by Sri. M. Sivarama Menon, Vice president of Chinmaya Mission, Palakkad on 30th May 1974. Classes V & VI were the first classes to function in the school. Nursery classes (LKG/UKG) were also included.
The Vidyalaya got affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, in 1975 and the first batch of m class X students appeared for the Board Examination in 1979 and the first batch of class XII Appeared for the Board examination in 1988. At present, we have classes from LKG to XII (Science and Commerce).
The Vidyalaya has a campus area of 23.5 acres which includes 4.5 acres of paddy fields. We have separate well-equipped laboratories for Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Maths and Computer (2).our library is well-equipped and spacious and has 14300 books at present. We also have a sports room with adequate facilities for indoor and outdoor play equipment.
The vidyalaya aims at the overall unfoldment and gentle blossoming of the child at the physical, mental, intellectual and spiritual levels of his/her personality. The Chinmaya Vision Programme is a comprehensive Educational programme which integrates the best in our culture and philosophy of education. It aims at giving children a true vision of life to help them acc challenges in a positive and dynamic manner thereby making a fitting contribution to the society.
Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Pallavur is under the control of Chinmaya Mission Educational and Cultural Trust.