2018 November

104 Odisha women workers at Kinfra attend literacy classes   Minister for Labour T.P. Ramakrishnan was pleasantly surprised when he reached a women’s hostel at the Kinfra Park, Kazhakuttam, late Wednesday evening. Seliyama, Revathi, and Sharmila, some of the 104 migrant workers attending the Kerala State Literacy Mission Authority’s Changathi Malayalam literacy programme, had ready

Alappuzha: Kerala’s literacy star Karthyayani Amma is now a step closer to her dream of learning computer. The 97-year-old, who recently secured a first rank in the government’s ‘Aksharalaksham’ state literacy examinations, was gifted a laptop by none other than Education Minister C Raveendranath on Wednesday The minister chose the precious gift as Karthyayani Amma

Malappuram: It was a major turning point in 32- year old Fahad’s life, Fahad played various roles in life. But he always wanted to be an educated person. This determiation hepled hin get admission to MCT Law college. Fahad who is running a beauty parlour in Arimbra started dreaming of education when he failed in

Alappuzha: she is just three years shy of truning 100 but Karthyayani Amma’s undying  zest for learning has wowed the state. The 97- year old who secured the first place in  Aksharalaksham state literacy examination with a stellar score of 98 marks out of hundred, was honoured by chief minister Pinaryai vijayan in ceremony held

Thiruvananthapuram: The second phase of the survey conducted by the Kerala State Literacy Mission Authority (KSLMA) as part of its equivalency programme has identified 5,342 illiterates in various parts of Wayanad. Of them, 3,133 are women and 2,209 men. Of the illiterates, 2,993 were between the ages of 15 and 50 and 2,349 above 50.

  Sukanyeah Krishna had a few jitters, but after appearing for the Malayalam examination on the first day of the Class 10 equivalency examinations conducted by the Kerala State Literacy Mission Authority here on Thursday, she had managed to shake them off.  “The examination went off well. I had downloaded previous question papers to get

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Ninety-six-year-old Karthyayani Amma bagged the first rank in the ‘Aksharalaksham’ literacy exam, scoring an impressive 98 out of 100. She was ecstatic on Thursday. But was she satisfied? “I am wondering where did I lose the two marks. I was expecting to score a perfect 100,” the nonagenarian said with a chuckle. Her target