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NEW DELHI: With 96.2 per cent literacy, Kerala has once again emerged as the most literate state in the country, while Andhra Pradesh featured at the bottom with a rate of 66.4 per cent, showed a report based on National Statistical Office (NSO) survey. The report on ‘Household Social Consumption: Education in India as part

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: After winning national recognition, the mascots of women empowerment are now at the forefront of popularising online education. Moving with the Covid times, ‘Nari Shakti Puraskar’ winners 106-year-old Bhageerathi Amma from Kollam and 98-year-old Karthyayani Amma from Alappuzha have taken up the online mode of instruction to realise their dream of clearing the Class

Two beloved grannies from Kerala – Karthiyayini Amma (98) and Bhageerathi Amma (105) – were awarded the Central Government’s Nari Shakti Puraskar for their contribution towards women’s empowerment on International Women’s Day (March 8). Karthyayini Amma from Alappuzha, and Bhageerathi Amma from Kollam both came into limelight after they completed their class 4 equivalency exams

Thiruvananthapuram: Ninety- eight- year old Karthyayani Amma, who won the first rank in the saksharatha exam, has said that she would keep her word given to Kerala chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and clear the Class X equivalency exam. The nonagenarian spoke about her promise to the CM on higher studies, when she had a chance

After a mention in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s monthly Mann ki Baat programme recently, there is more recognition coming the way of 105-year-old Bhageerathi Amma of Kollam and for her fellow equivalency learner 98-year-old Karthyayani Amma of Alappuzha. The two women have been selected for the Union government’s Nari Shakti Puraskar, a national award to

At the age of 105, Bhageerathi Amma of Thrikkaruva in Kollam once again has received probably the most precious honour of her life – Prime Minister Narendra Modi has referred to her name and offered his pranams for her great achievement of excelling in the Class IV equivalency examination. Referring to the various achievements attained

Romiya Kathur, hailing from a nondescript village in Bihar, scored the first rank with full 100 marks in the examination held by the Kerala State Literacy Mission Authority recently. A 26-year-old Bihari woman has proved language is no barrier as she emerged the topper in a literacy examination conducted in Kerala for migrant labourers. Romiya

105-year-old Bhageerathi Amma who made headlines by becoming the oldest equivalency course student in the history of the Kerala State Literacy Mission Authority has cleared all her Class 4 papers. She had attempted the equivalency examination, which included three papers in Malayalam, English, Environment and Mathematics, with the help of KSLMA resource persons last November.

Thiruvananthapuram: Curtain came down on the second phase of the Kerala State Literacy Mission Authority’s ‘India enna republic’ constitutional literacy programme here on Thursday. The programme, which got under way on January 1, was aimed at making the people aware of the principles of the Constitution and how it came to be framed. Minister for