Polytechnic is an institution that improves skills within the students, with the primary aim of giving knowledge within numerous domains of engineering, which allows the ordinary students coming from lower-class society to pull off higher education at an inexpensive price. One such stigma is polytechnic, which gives access to the students belonging to the lower-class society, the easiest and cheapest mode of higher education in technical courses. The general citizens would assert that technical education reduces the benevolence of society. This could be reversed by giving entry to bigger dimensions of students who have to take part in a hierarchical culture. This was rolled out by establishing polytechnic educational institutions for the people of Kerala. With a resolution, the educational training for the polytechnic courses for the Commissioner of Basic Education started in 1951-52 under the leadership of Sri. V.K. Velayudhan, Secretary to the School Education.

Polytechnic colleges in Kerala state are elevating the society to a new realm, with applicants providing a myriad of opportunities in various domains of engineering, with affordable tuition fees. The candidates, after the successful completion of their SSLC (10th std) or equivalent, can apply for polytechnic admission in Kerala after their respective board examination. If the candidates have completed ITI, they can apply for additional weightage for the first-year diploma admission. Polytechnic engineering colleges have displayed a lot of modifications in the stream of technical education by giving the society technologists and engineers who have sufficient caliber to push the society upward. Admissions to diploma engineering courses are controlled by the Directorate of Technical Education, Kerala, via both government and management quota. There are several courses in polytechnic colleges for both government and management seats in various reputed polytechnic colleges.

Some of the best and job oriented polytechnic diploma course are listed below

Mechanical

Automobile

Civil

Electrical

Electronics

Electrical and Electronics

Instrumentation

Computer (IT) etc;

Duration : 3 or 2 year,

Qualification: SSLC or +2 or ITI,