Malayalam to be compulsorily
made as First Language in Schools - CM
Thiruvananthapuram
01-11-2012: According to Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, the government
would take a firm approach for implementing Malayalam as first language
at all schools in Kerala. He said this during his inaugural address of
Malayalam University at Thunchan Paramb in Tirur. Efforts would be
augmented to attain classical status for Malayalam language and that the
activities of Malayalam Mission that was started to teach Malayalam to
children in other states would be extended to foreign countries, the
chief minister said.Minister
for Education Abdu Rabb presided over the inaugural function of the
Malayalam University. The function also saw winners of the Ezhuthachan
Award M T Vasudevan Nair and T Padmanabhan getting honoured. Other
winners of the award and not present during the function like O N V
Kurup, Sugatha Kumari and Prof M Leelavati would receive the honour at
an occasion later. The report prepared by K Jayakumar the Vice
Chancellor of the Malayalam University, the draft prepared by artist
Namboothiri and the logo of the new university were released during the
inaugural session.
