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Kerala Tops Literacy Rate List, Andhra Worst Performer
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.
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Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia Praises Education Team After Delhi Ranked 2nd Best in Literacy Rate
According to the study, after Kerala, Delhi has the best literacy rate at 88.7 per cent, followed by Uttarkhand's 87.6 per cent, Himachal Pradesh's 86.6 per cent and Assam's at 85.9 per cent.
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Kerala Textbook Says HIV Spreads Through "Premarital Or Extramartial Sex"
Kerala, which prides itself on a near-perfect literacy rate, has landed in a controversy after a school textbook was found to be spreading misinformation on sexual health education.
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Kerala Gears Up For Second Literacy Movement
Kerala, declared the first complete literate state in the country over two decades ago, is now gearing up for a second mass literacy movement to eradicate illiteracy totally by covering all left over sections.
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Salary Doubled, But 300 School Teachers Go Unpaid In Kerala For 5 Months
More than 300 government school teachers in Kerala - the state with the highest literacy rate -- have not been paid for five months. And with harvest festival Onam coming, they are desperate for money.
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In Kerala, Grandmothers Sit For Primary Exams
The narrow lanes, lined by coconut palms have witnessed a silent revolution in Kerala. Women like Najeeba, in their 50s, who were never allowed to study as young girls, have defied the smirks of their grandchildren to pass their 4th grade equivalency exams.
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Kerala: Now 'Back-a-Thon' to Promote Literacy
To promote literacy and create awareness on inclusive education, an NGO will organise a 'back-a-thon' in the Kerala capital on Sunday (September 13) in which more than 1,500 people will be walking backwards.
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Kerala Mulls Schools in Middle East
Kerala Education Minister PK Abdu Rabb told the assembly today that the education department would conduct a feasibility study to see if state-run schools can open in Middle East countries.
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Malappuram's first woman candidate takes on six-time MP
52-year-old P K Zainaba is doing what no woman has ever done in Malappuram. She is contesting the national election on a CPM ticket in this Kerala town where the rate of women's participation in the workforce is a mere 7.63 per cent despite an astounding female literacy rate of 90 per cent.
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Tripura beats Kerala in literacy
India's north-eastern state of Tripura achieved the first position in literacy with 94.65 per cent, beating Kerala (93.91 per cent), Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar announced in Agartala on Sunday.
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Red text in Kerala school books
Kerala, the state known for its lowest dropout rate in government schools in the country every year, is likely to see the 'highest' dropout rate this year.
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Kerala Tops Literacy Rate List, Andhra Worst Performer
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.
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Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia Praises Education Team After Delhi Ranked 2nd Best in Literacy Rate
According to the study, after Kerala, Delhi has the best literacy rate at 88.7 per cent, followed by Uttarkhand's 87.6 per cent, Himachal Pradesh's 86.6 per cent and Assam's at 85.9 per cent.
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Kerala Textbook Says HIV Spreads Through "Premarital Or Extramartial Sex"
Kerala, which prides itself on a near-perfect literacy rate, has landed in a controversy after a school textbook was found to be spreading misinformation on sexual health education.
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Kerala Gears Up For Second Literacy Movement
Kerala, declared the first complete literate state in the country over two decades ago, is now gearing up for a second mass literacy movement to eradicate illiteracy totally by covering all left over sections.
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Salary Doubled, But 300 School Teachers Go Unpaid In Kerala For 5 Months
More than 300 government school teachers in Kerala - the state with the highest literacy rate -- have not been paid for five months. And with harvest festival Onam coming, they are desperate for money.
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In Kerala, Grandmothers Sit For Primary Exams
The narrow lanes, lined by coconut palms have witnessed a silent revolution in Kerala. Women like Najeeba, in their 50s, who were never allowed to study as young girls, have defied the smirks of their grandchildren to pass their 4th grade equivalency exams.
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Kerala: Now 'Back-a-Thon' to Promote Literacy
To promote literacy and create awareness on inclusive education, an NGO will organise a 'back-a-thon' in the Kerala capital on Sunday (September 13) in which more than 1,500 people will be walking backwards.
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Kerala Mulls Schools in Middle East
Kerala Education Minister PK Abdu Rabb told the assembly today that the education department would conduct a feasibility study to see if state-run schools can open in Middle East countries.
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Malappuram's first woman candidate takes on six-time MP
52-year-old P K Zainaba is doing what no woman has ever done in Malappuram. She is contesting the national election on a CPM ticket in this Kerala town where the rate of women's participation in the workforce is a mere 7.63 per cent despite an astounding female literacy rate of 90 per cent.
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Tripura beats Kerala in literacy
India's north-eastern state of Tripura achieved the first position in literacy with 94.65 per cent, beating Kerala (93.91 per cent), Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar announced in Agartala on Sunday.
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Red text in Kerala school books
Kerala, the state known for its lowest dropout rate in government schools in the country every year, is likely to see the 'highest' dropout rate this year.
