About MARTEC
A new institute, built on an old promise: reach every student.
Mar Theophilos Entrance Coaching is an initiative under the Archdiocese of Thiruvalla. We were built specifically to erase the price tag on serious entrance coaching – without ever compromising the teaching.
Residential
Personal
Rigorous
Accessible
Our story
A coaching institute born inside a community
MARTEC — Mar Theophilos Entrance Coaching — is an initiative by Cardiot Academy under the Archdiocese of Thiruvalla. It grew out of a simple question our educators kept hearing from parents: why does elite entrance coaching cost more than a year of college?
We built MARTEC to answer that question with action, not promises. We hired IIT, NIT and Medical College alumni as full-time faculty. We designed a mentor-first model with one mentor per student. And we anchored the whole institute inside a merit-linked scholarship framework that opens the door for every serious learner in Central Kerala.
We are new. We like it that way. It means we can be honest — and it means we can be careful.
Aspirants in first cohort
Our manifesto
Coaching without a price tag. Coaching with a spine.
We are a new initiative — and we like it that way. MARTEC has no dynasty to protect and nothing to lose. The only thing we have to build is the next generation of Kerala’s doctors, engineers and scientists.
Made accessible
Merit scholarships make quality entrance coaching affordable for every deserving student.
Taught by Seniors
Learn from IIT, NIT, and Medical College alumni with expertise.
Mentored Personally
Personal mentoring, weekly reviews, and transparent student progress tracking.
Held Together
Balanced residential life promoting wellness, discipline, and academic excellence.
What holds us together
Four non-negotiables
IIT / Med-College faculty
Subject heads who cracked these exams themselves, not part-timers.
One mentor per student
Weekly one-on-one review calls. Parents see the same dashboard.
Scholarship first
Merit-linked scholarships cover up to 100% tuition for eligible students.
Wellbeing built in
Nutrition, sleep, sport, chapel. The residential model with real care.
Leadership
The people who teach here.
Dr. Sanju Mathew
Head · Physics · IIT Madras alumnus
Anjali Menon
Head · Biology · Govt. Medical College, TVM
Rahul Varghese
Head · Mathematics · NIT Calicut alumnus
Irene Thomas
Mentor-in-charge · Wellbeing & Discipline