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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

After working their fingers to the bone, most of the MNREGS workers from Gandhi Nagar Colony at Paralam panchayat in Thrissur are in a hurry to reach home before sunset. Sixty-three-year-old Sharada is also in a hurry. Her destination is not home but the ‘Navachethana’ literacy classroom. Sharada, along with 10 other ‘students’ reach the

As many as 2,179 people belonging to the tribal communities residing at 100 hamlets in Kerala are preparing for their lteracy examination. It will be held on November 25.The literacy programme titled Samagra is being implemented jointly by kerala State Literacy Mission and scheduled Tribe Development Department. The organisers aim to achieve 100 percent success.

Only 8.43% of the people surveyed on post-floods Kerala know that a cyclone is a natural disaster, a Kerala State Literacy Mission Authority survey has found. The survey was held among 2.91 lakh households in the State to know the minds of the people in the wake of the recent floods. It also found nearly

A survey to garner public opinion and suggestions twards rebuilding Kerala post- floods began here with a good response. Around 50,000 learners of Literacy Mission’s equivalency programme became voluteers for the survey held in flood affected areas in the state on Tuesday.The data collection drive was led by people from various walks of life including