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timesnownews.com Karthyayini Amma |Photo Credit: Twitter Karthyayini Amma is a resident of Alappuzha who enrolled with the literacy program in January this year. Age is just a number and this 96-year-old woman from Kerala has proved it by passing her district’s 4th standard equivalency exam under the Kerala Literacy Mission Aksharalaksham scheme. In the process, she

Anagha Jayan E JULY 23, 2018 02:59 PM IST… Malayala Manorama Winners are not the ones who never fail but those who refuse to quit. For 39-year-old Anil, the high marks he scored in higher secondary equivalence examinations are a result of his persistence and determination. A resident of Punalur, a rural belt in Kollam,

As many as 40,440 people, including a 96-year-old woman, took part in the Kerala State Literacy Mission Authority’s ‘Aksharalaksham’ literacy examination held in the State on Sunday. Karthyayani Amma of Cheppad village of Haripad Vidan Sabha Constituency, in Alappuzha district is the oldest of the examinees. Karthiyani Amma took the examination at the Cheppad government

  Fighting poverty and backwardness, over 2,600 odd tribals, mostly women, of Attappady in Kerala have appeared for a literacy examination aimed at eradicating illiteracy among tribals and bring them to the mainstream of society. The examination was held in Attappady, one of the largest tribal belts of the state, as part of the second

Winners are not the ones who never fail but those who refuse to quit. For 39 year old Anil, the high marks he scored in higher secondary equivalence examinations are a result of his persistence and determination. A resident of Punalur, a rural belt in Kollam, Kerala, Anil lost the command over his won body

Thiruvananthapuram: A group of transgenders have played the role of volunteers of a government survey programme in Kerala, which is widely seen as a positive move of the marginalised group becoming part of the the mainstream society. Four TG persons were among the total 14,318 volunteers who participated in the one-day survey carried out as

2.24 lakh houses surveyed by Aksharasree volunteers, remaining houses to be covered in two days In a mammoth exercise, over 14,300 volunteers fanned out across 100 wards of the city Corporation for a survey as part of the Aksharasree literacy and continuing education project on Saturday. Nearly 2.24 lakh houses were surveyed as part of

Formal and informal education sectors should come together in an innovative manner for the State’s real development, Minister for Education C. Ravindranath has said. He was speaking after lighting the Aksharadeepam as part of the Aksharasree literacy project at the Asan Square here on Thursday. The project is being implemented by the city Corporation and

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Health Minister K K Shylaja on Thursday urged the transgender community to make full use of the Literacy Mission’s ‘Samanwaya’ free continuing education scheme. It will enable them to continue their education which they may have had to abandon half-way due to social ostracisation, Shylaja said, inaugurating the scholarship and shelter home scheme for

Anjana (name changed) has been attending the Kerala State Literacy Mission Authority (KSLMA)’s Class 10 equivalency classes for transgenders for the past 10 months. A hairstylist, Anjana says that employment opportunities are non-existent if one does not finish schooling at least. However, going for classes itself is a tall task for many transgenders. “Many of