About Our College
Government Arts and Science college, Kovilpatti was established in the
year 2013.The announcement to start a Government Arts and Science college to uplift the lives of the
downtrodden people of Tuticorin district was made by the Honorable Chief minister of TamilnaduF
Dr.J.Jeyalalitha, based on the discussion on higher education in the assembly. The dynamic involvement and
persistent effort by Mr.Kadambur Raju..S. MLA of Kovilpatti constituency, made the first Government college
in Tuticorin district to be set up at Krishnanagar in Kovilpatti. The college commenced with 5 under
graduate courses namely B.A Tamil, B.A English literature, B.Sc Mathematics, B.Sc Computer Science and B.Com
under the affliation of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli.
The college has been functioning effectively with the adoption of co-education system since 2013. The
college functioned in a rented building in the beginning and moved to its own permanent building since
16.06.2016 which was inaugurated by the Honorable Chief minister of Tamilnadu Dr.J.Jeyalalitha,