The place chosen by British missionaries, it is the home of Christianity and formal education in southern Mizoram.

James Herbert Lorrain and Frederick William Savidge, sent by Baptist Missionary Society of London, arrived in Lunglei on 13 March 1903 and chose their settlement at Serkawn.

Between 1932 and 1946 the school authority held annual festivals, famously known as "Sêrkâwn Concert".

[6] Sêrkâwn is only a kilometre away from the centre of Lunglei town, the district capital of the region.

Established by British missionaries, Sêrkâwn has the best developed school in southern Mizoram.