The education of the youth has been part of the Mission of the Church. As the common practice during the Spanish regime, almost all parishes have their own school where young boys and girls were taught how to read and write; how to count and the basic tenets of the Catholic faith.

Late in the 16th Century, the Franciscans had established a school in Silang which would be taken over by the Jesuits. In 1637, the Jesuits opened the Colegio de Cavite for boys in Cavite Puerto. By 1794, there were nine parish schools in Cavite with a total enrollee of 8,063. On June 2, 1890, the Daughters of Charity opened the Colegio de la Sagrada Familia in Cavite Puerto. This colegio occupied certain areas of the San Juan de Dios Hospital in Cavite. It was closed in 1898 during the revolution to be reopened in 1902 upon the intervention of the Papa Legate Msgr. Placide La Chapelle. In 1925, the school was given to the German Benedictine Sisters, and it was renamed Sacred Heart Academy. The Augustinian Recollect Sisters also opened another school called Colegio de Sta. Monica. It was housed in the former Convento de San Nicolas de Tolentino adjacent to the ruins of the San Nicolas de Tolentino Church of the Recollect Fathers. Both schools were destroyed during the Second World War.

In 1945, St. Joseph Educational Institution was opened by the Augustinian Recollect Sisters upon the request of Cavite City’s parish priest, Msgr. Pedro Lerena, DP. It was built at the back of San Roque Parish Church. It was later renamed St. Joseph College. In the same year, the ICM Sisters opened the Infant Jesus Academy in Silang. In 1957, the St. Michael Institute in Bacoor was opened. More schools would be opened in 1965; St. Gregory in Indang; Jesus, Good Shepherd School in Imus; St. Augustine School in Mendez; St. Mary Magdalene in Kawit; St. Augustine in Tanza. Once, the Religious of the Good Shepherd had their Maryridge School in Tagaytay City. It was an exclusive school for girls. Most of the girls lived as intern in that school. Besides the St. Joseph College, there are still two higher schools of learning, the San Sebastian College Recoletos established in 1966 by the Recollect Fathers in Cavite City and the De La Salle University in Dasmariñas established in the ‘80s. today, there are around 14 parochial schools and 12 schools run by religious congregations.

Public schools and private nonsectarian schools are also provided with the catechetical instruction by the Diocese of Imus. There are over 700 well-trained catechists who are assigned in the different non-Catholic schools all over the province. Most of the private nonsectarian schools have been named after Catholic names, thus having a semblance of Catholic schools.