Overview
- Schools across Kerala reopened on Monday, with officials reporting more than 42 lakh students present and about 3.14 lakh children joining Class 1.
- Chief Minister V. D. Satheesan inaugurated the state-level Praveshanotsavam at the Government Model Girls Higher Secondary School in Pattom and announced plans for Centres of Excellence and Nehru Centres of Scientific Temper.
- Education officials said preparations were completed before the term began, including timely distribution of textbooks and learning materials to schools.
- Local reopening events mixed modest celebrations—teachers greeting pupils with flowers and sweets—with new welfare measures such as the district 'Tufan' anti-drug campaign and calls to end mark-based comparisons.
- The UDF government’s lower-key approach frames education as a policy priority intended to raise standards, curb student outmigration, and promote scientific thinking, with implementation and resource details to watch next.