Kollam, Alappuzha lead in state school Kalolsavam

Tuesday, January 17, 2012: Soon after the completion of six events at the 52nd state school Kalolsavam held at Thrissur corporation ground, Kollam and Alappuzha districts are leading the point table with 25 points each. Kottayam, Kozhikode and Kasargod are in the second position with 23 points each.
The point status of other districts is as follows: -Ernakulam- 21, Kannur-21, Malappuram- 20, Palakkad- 19.
Kalolsavam was off to a colourful start at the corporation stadium in Thrissur on Monday evening. The Kalolsavam was flagged off by DPI A Shajahan. The ceremonial lamp was lit by veteran singer KJ Yesudas in the absence of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy.
Therambil Ramakrishnan MLA, Corporation Mayor IT Paul were among those who attended the function. The festival will be held at 17 venues in Thrissur from January 16 to 22. As many as 10,000 students are expected to take part in 218 competitions.
Contests will be held in the high school (82 events) and higher secondary (98 events) categories. ‘Sanskritosavam’ and ‘Arabic Sahityotsavam’ will have 19 competitions each.
A cultural procession was held at 2 p.m. Industries Minister P.K. Kunhalikutty, Education Minister P.K. Abdu Rabb, Cooperation Minister C.N. Balakrishnan, and Cultural Affairs Minister K.C

Literacy: Kottayam, Kollam, Alapuzha on top

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:  The decennial census exercise has thrown up an interesting detail; that Kottayam, Alappuzha and Kollam are special when it comes to reading and writing skills. They are the only districts in Kerala where literacy rates are higher in rural areas than the urban.

97.17 per cent of the rural populace of Kottayam are literate, say Census 2011 Provisional Population Totals on Rural and Urban Distribution released recently. Urban literacy in Kottayam is slightly lower 94.49 per cent. Literates number 96.40 per cent of the total population in the district.

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P K Gurudasan(CPM) Kollam ,KC Rajan would be the Udf candidate and Bjp candidate G Hari.

C Divakaran (CPI) would contest from Karunagappally,Rajan Babu-JSSM would be the Udf candidate and Bjp candidate Suresh.

N K Premachandran (RSP) would contest from Chavara, Shibu Baby John-RSP(B) would be the Udf candidate and Bjp candidate Nalini Sankaramangalam.

Kovoor Kunjumon (RSP) would contest from Kunnathur (SC), PK Ravi would be the Udf candidate and Bjp candidate Raji Prasad.

Aisha Potti (CPM) would contest from Kottarakkara, Dr.NN Murali would be the Udf candidate and Bjp candidate Vayakkal Madhu.

K Raju (CPI) would contest from Punalur, Johnson Abraham would be the Udf candidate and Bjp candidate B Radhamani.

Mullakara Ramachandran (CPI) would contest from Chadayamangalam, Shahida Kamal would be the Udf candidate and Bjp candidate SajuKumar.

M A Baby (CPM) would contest from Kundara, C.R. Mahesh would be the Udf candidate and Bjp candidate Vellimon Dileep.

A A Aziz (RSP) would contest from Eravipuram, P. K. K. Bava-IUML would be the Udf candidate and Bjp candidate Pattathanam Babu.

G S Jayalal (CPI) would contest from Chathannur, Bindhu Krishna would be the Udf candidate and Bjp candidate Kizhakannell Sudhakaran.