 The panchayath has good number of primary and upper primary schools.The main educational institute is the Government Higher secondary school Mankada, Government High School Cheriyam Mankada, Al Ameen English medium School Mankada and NCT English medium school Verumpilakkal which has thousands of students.Mankada attracted the attention of national newspapers in 2016 when a 42-year-old man was beaten to death by his neighbors for visiting his girlfriend in the night.