Mrs. Keoke Monroe Perin Memorial School, popularly also known as KMPM School, established on June 21, 1915 has completed 106 years of its journey. It is the first school founded in Jamshedpur.
Originally, the building was a courthouse which was later converted into a school and had Hindi and Bengali as two mediums of instruction. Three years later, a primary school for girls, middle and high schools were also established.
The school is named after Mrs. Keoke Monroe Perin, wife of Charles Page Perin, who showed immense interest in basic education of children in Jamshedpur.
In 1923, the first batch of six students appeared at the School Leaving Certificate examination.
In 1936, for the first time, the students received the printed questions papers. In1942, the building was occupied as a military hospital. The school was shifted to the South Park Middle School building. The school returned to its original building in 1946.
Over the years, the school has undergone many changes. Today, it is called Mrs. KMPM Vocational College, a unit of JUSCO Education Mission Foundation, a registered trust established in 2008 by Jamshedpur Utilities and Services Company (now Tata Steel Utilities & Infrastructure Services Ltd.). The college is affiliated to Kolhan University, Chaibasa, Jharkhand.