
14,000 students to participate in State School Arts Festival; logo released
The Hindu
Thiruvananthapuram: Minister for General Education V. Sivankutty on Thursday released the logo of t
Thiruvananthapuram: Minister for General Education V. Sivankutty on Thursday released the logo of the 61st State School Arts Festival to be held in Kozhikode next month.
The Minister released the logo by handing it over to Minister for Tourism P.A. Mohamed Riyas. Minister for Ports Ahammad Devarkovil, MLAs from Kozhikode, General Education Principal Secretary APM Mohammed Hanish, and Director of General Education Jeevan Babu K. were present.
Twenty-six logos had been received when entries were invited. A logo by Mohammed Rashid, a resident of Karakulam in Thiruvananthapuram, was selected as the logo for the festival.
The festival will be held from January 3 to 7 in Kozhikode after a gap of two years induced by COVID-19. Nearly 14,000 students will participate in 239 events in high school and higher secondary category across 24 venues. There will be 96 events in the high school category, 105 in higher secondary, and 19 each in Sanskrit festival and Arabic festival.
The district to secure the maximum points will bag a gold cup.

The heat of the recently concluded local body elections spilled over into the first meeting of the newly elected council of the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, as the Opposition Left Democratic Front (LDF) questioned the propriety of the 20 councillors to whom the Kerala High Court had issued a notice regarding their oaths, participating in the council.

Taking a dig at Udupi District Congress unit for demanding action against Udupi Deputy Commissioner T K Swaroopa for flagging off the Paryaya procession by waving a saffron flag, Udupi District BJP President Kuthyar Naveen Shetty on Wednesday asked how many preparatory meetings had district in-charge Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar conducted ahead of the celebrations.











