In order to give children in the state's oriental schools the chance to learn Malayalam as their mother tongue in addition to Sanskrit and Arabic, the Kerala government launched the "Malayalashree" project on Tuesday.
Minister for General Education and Labour V Sivankutty launched the project, claiming that denying children the opportunity to study their mother tongue would be tantamount to severing them from their own homeland and culture.
He claimed that even though the project had been approved by the government in 2011, it had not yet been fully realized.
With the launch of ‘Malayalashree’, students of 38 oriental schools functioning across nine districts in Kerala will be able to study Malayalam, an official statement said quoting him.
The syllabus has been prepared under the leadership of the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), based on equivalency textbooks of the Literacy Mission, it said.
Public examinations will be conducted in the current academic year itself for Classes 7 and 10.
He stated that 2,105 pupils from Class 7 and 2,445 students from Class 10 are anticipated to show up for the exams.
The statement also stated that the Pareeksha Bhavan here will administer the Class 10 exam, while the Literacy Mission will administer the Class 7 exam.
Oriental schools are state-run or aided schools focusing on learning in Sanskrit, Arabic and so on.
Kerala launches ‘Malayalashree’ project to introduce Malayalam in Oriental schools
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