Right to Education: Kerala Moves Ahead with New Initiatives
Kerala, the land of lush backwaters and high literacy rate,
figures in the news, this time, for its ‘bold moves’ in the
field of education. The state boasts a literacy rate of 90.92
percent and a dropout rate of 0.83 percent. Socially relevant,
the next three stories reflect well on Kerala. One by one, lets
understand how the right to education is translated into
initiatives by the government of Kerala. Right to Education:
Importance Given to Teaching Malayalam in Schools The right to
education is a fundamental right. Kerala has 12,649 schools,
with 4501 being government schools, 7284 being aided and 864
unaided. A good number of these schools do not encourage
teaching Malayalam though it is not officially put across. The
practice of punishing children for speaking in Malayalam, which
is the state language, has been a topic of great debate in the
state’s cultural and social platforms. Taking the concept of
education to connect with the state’s offici