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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: For Odisha native Celiamma who made Kerala her home a few years ago, Malayalam now comes naturally. But it wasn’t easy.  Until two months ago, all she could do was understand and converse a bit in the language. The tangled and gnarled set  of letters continued to confound her. But that is all in

The Aksharasanthwanam literacy programme will become a practical way of improving the condition of those with mental illness, Minister for Health K.K. Shylaja has said. She was speaking after inaugurating the programme at the Mental Health Centre here on Wednesday. Aksharasanthwanam has been launched by the Kerala State Literacy Mission Authority to shine the light

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In an attempt to conserve water resources, the Kerala State Literacy Mission has taken a big step with organising an awareness programme called ‘ Jalasaksharatha’ (water literacy) in the state.The campaign will be held with the participation of around 70,000 students from Class X and higher secondary school level as part of their curriculum.

Determined to ensure even distribution of the fruit of literacy and education across all sections of society, the Kerala State Literacy Mission Authority has rolled out its coastal literacy programme, Aksharasagaram, in three more districts, implemented with financial assistance from the Fisheries Department, the project combines KSLMA’s literacy and continuous education programmes. After its successful

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala State Literacy Mission has rolled out a free literacy project in association with the city Corporation. Aksharasree, launched as part of the General Education Rejuvenation Mission of the State government, will be piloted in the city before being expanded across the State. Joining hands with local self-government institutions and public education institutions,

KOCHI: “Kurach kurach”, said Jahirul Islam, a migrant labourer from Assam, when asked if he can speak Malayalam. Though he has been in Kerala for the past four years, the smile on his face is a proof of the fact that he feels at home here. On Sunday (may 13, 2018), Kerala State Literacy Mission

Minister for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes A.K. Balan has said that the special drive launched in Wayanad by the Kerala State Literacy Mission Authority (KSLMA) to remove illiteracy from the tribal regions will extend up to the higher secondary level to ensure continuous education to tribal neo-literates. Speaking after inaugurating the second phase of the

The diary in which O.N.V. Krishna Kurup, father of celebrated poet O.N.V. Kurup, recorded his son’s birth, and ONV’s first signature in English on a collection of Tagore’s stories that he read in college were among the documents handed over by the poet’s wife Sarojini to Ministers C. Ravindranath and Kadannappally Ramachandran here on Wednesday.

As many as 4512 illiterates, including 3598 women,in wayanad district appeared for   literacy exam from selected tribal hamlets. The exams been conducted in 283 tribal hamlets, of the total of 2226 tribal hamlets in the district by Kerala State Literacy Mission authority.  Makka, a 90-year-old woman of Ambalakkunnu tribal hamlet in Muppainad, was the oldest

KSLMA ropes in tribes as instructors for literacy drive Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurating social literacy training for tribe instructors At a time when social development of the tribal population still a cause of worry, Keala state literacy mission authority impacted a change in their lives through a comprehensive literacy programme. Instead of appointing outsiders