Over 40 lakh students return to schools in Kerala after two-month-long summer vacation

Over 40 lakh children return to schools in Kerala after summer vacation, welcomed with enthusiasm and cultural events.

Over 40 lakh children on Monday (June 2, 2025) returned to schools in Kerala with educational institutions reopening in the State after a two-month-long summer vacation.

Though Kerala had experienced heavy rain situations in the majority of districts in the previous week due to the onset of the southwest monsoon, the State generally experienced comparatively good weather on Monday morning.

Schools in cities and villages alike witnessed a rush of enthusiastic children returning with new books, bags and uniforms marking their new academic year.

Teachers decorated their respective schools with festoons, balloons and coconut leaves to give a grand welcome to the wards.

In many educational institutions, school authorities and parent-teacher associations organised live beating of drums and percussion to welcome newcomers.

According to figures, over 2 lakh children joined Class 1 across Kerala in government and aided sectors. The exact figures would be available only later, official sources said.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the Praveshanotsavam 2026-26, the formal reopening of the school, by lighting a traditional lamp in a function held in a State-run higher secondary school in Alappuzha.