Ettikulam, a beautiful landscape, lies in the valley of Ezahimala adjacent to Payyannur Town in Ramanthali village, Kannur District, Kerala State. The greenish hands of Ezhimala glides into the Arabian Sea here. The place is known for his tranquil natural beauty.

Back in 1982 a small group of youth in the area, in age group of 18 to 25 years, pondered what went wrong in shaping the future of their generation. Rigidity of the conventional thoughts prevailed in the society, where they lived, social and economic backwardness of it, inabilities of parents, who had been deprived of education from generation to generation owing to lack of facilities and guidance, to give quality education to their children were the main reasons. It was a vicious circle. They had vowed to do whatever they could to break this circle to save their next generations. The result was “Ettikulam Muslim Educational Society”.

Registered under Society Registration Act 1860 with bare handed nine youths in 1982 , EMES , as it is proudly called by the locales , has passed long thirty years with golden history of selfish less and persistent social works varying from running a CBSE affiliated secondary school to stretching relief hands to the poor and needy, from conducting sports and arts competitions to promoting social fraternity by relentless social campaigns , from organizing medical camps to conducting free tuition classes for students in all sectors of the society. The social, cultural and educational history of Ettikulam , in these thirty years , is intertwined with the abbreviation EMES

It was not a smooth journey, as these words may imply, the impediments throughout these years were harder than anyone could imagine. It was the unity of the members to accomplish the noble goals set forth in the EMES’ constitution and constant help from the well-wishers that led EMES to reach where it is now.