 During the period when the caste system was rampant, the Pancham schools, which were set up for the Harijans in the villages of Perambra and Cheruvannur, did not work for many social reasons.The lower castes have been admitted to public schools as part of the agitations against the caste system and practices of untouchability.The schools started from 1944 in the settlement area of Chakkitapara.