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New Indian Express
07-08-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Social policing in Kerala schools to focus on backbenchers, holistic development
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The best brains of the nation may be found on the last benches of the classroom.' That was former president and 'Missile Man of India' Dr APJ Abdul Kalam's take on students dubbed as 'backbenchers' for lagging behind in academic and co-curricular activities. While the state government is toying with the idea of making changes to seating arrangements in classrooms in a bid to do away with the concept of 'backbenchers', an innovative programme that focuses on the holistic development of under-performing students, has come to the limelight. The programme is now being considered for implementation in state schools under the police department's social policing initiative. Named 'Agni Paravakal', the programme draws inspiration from Kalam's autobiography 'Wings of Fire'. It is the brainchild of Fazil E, a teacher of MMO Vocational Higher Secondary School, Mattancherry in Kochi, and was first introduced in the school in 2021 with the support of a few NGOs and the city police. The programme aims to bring 'backbenchers' to the forefront of life through special sessions spanning over 100 days. It includes a five-day residential camp and 95-day training sessions conducted during holidays and after-school hours. 'High school students , especially those from underprivileged backgrounds, were chosen for the programme. The idea was to re-orient their overall attitudes and help them adopt a positive outlook towards life,' said Fazil, a former national award-winning NSS state programme co-ordinator for VHSE schools. The special sessions were held by mentors, motivational speakers, public personalities and subject experts from various fields. The students' personality development, self-esteem building, public speaking skills, sports and healthy habits were the focus areas. Transport Commissioner Nagaraju Chakilam, who served as city police commissioner in Kochi and later Thiruvananthapuram, was actively involved in the programme as its chief mentor.
Time of India
05-07-2025
- Science
- Time of India
State school arts fest in Thrissur
T'puram: The State School Arts Festival for the current academic year will be held in Thrissur and the School Olympics in Thiruvananthapuram in Jan 2026, general education minister V Sivankutty has said. The science fest and the special school fest will be held in Palakkad and Malappuram, respectively. The minister announced the schedule at a meeting with representatives of teachers' associations. The meeting also approved the new school schedule — from 9.45am to 4.15pm. The minister said the teacher associations' demand to increase cooking expenses for school meals as per the revised menu will be discussed. The meeting agreed with the teacher associations' request to continue term and unit exams in schools. The minister stated that technical issues hindering the transfer of higher secondary principals and VHSE will be resolved soon, and the transfers will be implemented. District education officers' four vacancies will be filled soon. The technical issue regarding children's UIDs will be
The Hindu
13-06-2025
- General
- The Hindu
Plus One: 2.24 lakh take admission after second allotment
As many as 2.24 lakh students have taken admission after the publication of the second allotment for Plus One higher secondary single-window admission. Of them, 1,41,229 students took permanent merit admission, while 83,751 took temporary admission. While 1,07,092 took admission to their first option allotments, 17,294 did not take admission despite getting allotment. Applications of 258 candidates were denied owing to various reasons. In the sports quota, 2,639 took permanent admission and 1,992 temporary admission. As many as 1,469 did not join despite getting allotment and 10 applications were denied. In the model residential school category, 1,039 candidates took permanent admission and 84 temporary. Seventy did not take admission though they had received allotment. A total of 3,18,574 seats were available for single-window admission. With 2,24,980 students taking admission, the number of seats left is 93,594. Students who failed to take admission despite getting allotment will not be considered for further allotment. Students who have been unable to apply till now can apply for supplementary allotment after the third allotment in the main phase in a couple of days. Plus One classes will begin on June 18. VHSE Third allotment for Plus One vocational higher secondary single-window admission will be published on to allow students to take admission from June 16 till 4 p.m. on June 17. As no temporary admissions will be allowed, students should pay the fee and take permanent admission.
The Hindu
06-06-2025
- General
- The Hindu
Plus One: 1.21 lakh students take permanent merit admission
As many as 1.21 lakh students have taken permanent admission in the merit quota for Plus One higher secondary after the publication of the first allotment early this week. The Plus One merit and sports quota and model residential school admissions on the basis of the first allotment began on June 3 and ended Thursday. Besides students who took permanent admission, 99,525 candidates took temporary admission in the merit quota. As many as 27,074 students did not take admission despite receiving allotment. In the sports quota, 2,649 took permanent admission and 2,021 temporary admission. As many as 1,430 students did not take admission, despite getting allotment. In the model residential school category, 914 students took permanent admission, while 108 took temporary admission. As many as 279 did not take admission though they had got allotment. After admissions on the basis of the first allotment, 96,108 merit quota seats are vacant; 3,508 sports quota; and 494 model residential school seats. The total number of those who took admission, either permanent or temporary, came to 2,26,960. The total number of applicants was 4,63,686 of which 45,851 were applicants from other districts. After taking into account those who did not take admission despite getting allotment, the remaining number of applicants was 1,63,801. The remaining number of merit seats was 1,00,110. As many as 38,951 management seats, 25,322 community quota seats, 53,326 unaided seats are also available. This takes the total number of remaining seats to 2,17,709. In Malappuram, the remaining number of applicants was 33,012, while the number of merit seats left was 21,120. Combined with other quota seats, the total number of seats left in the district was 41,269. Second allotment The second allotment will be published on June 10, while admissions will be held on June 10 and 11. The third allotment will be on June 16 and admission held that day and on June 17. Plus One classes will begin on June 18. VHSE In the vocational higher secondary category, 9,099 students had taken permanent admission, while 4,827 had taken temporary admission. This took the total to 13,926. As many as 25,135 students had received allotment. There were 30,660 merit seats. The total number of applicants was 48,200.
Indian Express
02-06-2025
- Science
- Indian Express
DHSE Kerala Plus One (+1) Result 2025, Keralaresults.nic.in: HSE result out, 62.28% students pass
DHSE Kerala Plus One (+1) Result 2025 Direct Link OUT at The results for the Higher Secondary (DHSE) and Vocational Higher Secondary (VHSE) Plus One examinations have been announced today on the official website. Students can access their scorecards through any of the following official websites at and DHSE Kerala Plus One (+1) Result 2025, LIVE The Kerala +1 Exams 2025 were conducted from March 6 to March 9, 2025, across various centres in the state. Last year, the directorate declared the Kerala +1 results on May 28. Students can take more information on supplementary results and other additional information from As per the data, a total of 3,83,647 students from school-going regular categories registered for the exam across Science, Humanities, and Commerce streams. Additionally, 28,177 candidates were registered under the Open School stream, while 1,572 candidates registered for the Technical stream. Out of the school-going regular students, 3,79,444 candidates' marks were tabulated, and the overall pass percentage (students scoring above 30%) stood at 62.28% in 2025. For Open School students, 27,295 marks were tabulated, with a lower overall pass percentage of 40.53%. Meanwhile, in the Technical stream, 1,562 candidates had their marks tabulated, and 44.37% of them passed. Among regular school-going candidates, the Science stream had the highest number of registered students at 1,90,383, with 1,89,479 marks tabulated and a pass percentage of 68.69%. The Commerce stream followed, with 1,12,647 students registered and 59.64% passing. The Humanities stream had the lowest pass percentage at 50.57%, with 80,617 students registered. In the Open School category, Science students recorded a 70.36% pass rate—the highest among all categories, despite having only 3,335 registrations. Humanities and Commerce in Open School lagged behind with 37.30% and 35.31% pass rates, respectively. For the Technical stream, 1,562 marks were recorded and 693 candidates scored above 30 marks, bringing the pass rate to 44.37%. Compared to last year, there has been a visible dip in performance across all categories. Last year, the overall pass percentage for school-going regular students was 67.30%, which has dropped to 62.28% in 2025. Similarly, the Open School category saw a marginal decline from 40.73% in 2024 to 40.53% this year. Stream-wise, the Science stream for school-going students had a pass percentage of 69.98% last year, slightly higher than this year's 68.69%. Commerce dropped from 69.20% to 59.64%, and Humanities declined from 57.96% to 50.57%.
