Kendriya Vidyalaya Payyanur ,Kerala established in October 1988 is now situated in Edat, a centre of prime educational institution in payyanur.edat is 5 Km away from Payyanur Bus station and 8 Km from Payyanur Railway station.This is a civil sector school with the Asst. Collector as VMC Chairman. A three section school with an enrolment of 1913 . The Vidyalaya aims to prepare the children to meet the challenges of the futuristic society.
It is housed in an attractive building in its own campus at Edat which is 4Km away from Payyanur the cultural centre of North Malabar. Moreover the Vidyalaya offers its students a peaceful congenial environment for learning, away from the hustle and bustle of city life. It has classes from I to XII with three sections each up to class IX .The present students strength is 1558. In the senior secondary section it offers English, Physics, Chemistry, Biology /Computer Science and Maths / Hindi in the Science stream. The alumni of the Vidyalaya have excelled in different walks of life over the years.