Pallikoodam

About Institution

Our Principal Mary Roy is known for her sashay into the legal world of Intestate Inheritance. Christian women in Kerala were denied Equal Rights of Inheritance. She challenged the Travancore Succession Act of 1916 which was struck down and now, sons and daughters are given equal rights
How it all began . . . . . In an interview Mary Roy was asked why she started Pallikoodam....
" At the age of thirty, I was clueless about a profession. What suddenly jolted me was this incident. My son was seven years old, studying in Grade II of Lushington which was a British School in Ooty. He came home every day with pieces of handwork, drawings, or a few lines written on half sheets of paper. There was never any homework. He was a happy child. Unfortunately, he began to identify himself with the British. When he talked about 'those Indian children' I realized it was time for him to change schools. So he was admitted in Breeks High School He came home carrying a bag with sixteen notebooks and ten textbooks. He put them down on the floor and wept! This was my first glimpse of what was wrong with education in India .