State school arts fest in Thrissur
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 examined.TNN
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