On August 16, 1815, Saint John Bosco, also known as Don Bosco (Italian for Father Bosco), was born in Becchi, Piedmont, Italy. At a time when the Industrial Revolution was gripping Europe and many young people were moving to the cities for study or employment, he had long believed that he had been called to work for the underprivileged boys of that time.

Following his ordination as a priest in the Catholic Church in 1841, Don Bosco saved these underprivileged boys with his ground-breaking approach to teaching youth through complete dedication and personal involvement in their lives and problems.

He based his education on the three great principles of Reason, Religion, and Loving-Kindness, loving those to whom he dedicated his life as a caring father, and doing everything possible for their welfare, to ensure that his complete dedication to their cause shone through his actions. Don Bosco Bosco College Kottiyam adheres to the Preventive System, a popular name for the educational system that developed from these Don Bosco principles.