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General Education Minister V. Sivankutty said connected Sunday (January 25, 2026) that the concerns raised implicit the Malayalam Language Bill, 2025, were unfounded, considering the value fixed by the State authorities for the payment of linguistic minorities.
The General Education department, helium pointed out, is acceptable to present revised textbooks for Class XI successful the 2026 world year.
Giving peculiar information to the Kannada-speaking linguistic minority, indispensable textbooks for them are besides being made available. The caller books, including 41 titles covering languages and Computer Science, volition beryllium released successful the 2nd week of February. The indispensable teacher texts for these person besides been prepared.
“We person noted criticisms from definite quarters regarding the Malayalam Language Bill. Such criticisms are being made without knowing the existent facts,” helium asserted.
He added the revised program focusses connected practical, application-based learning, and volition reenforce Kerala’s presumption arsenic a nationalist exemplary successful nationalist education.
The authorities had completed the revision of textbooks for Classes I to X by the 2025 world year, making Kerala the archetypal State successful the state to implicit the process connected schedule. A full of 597 textbook titles were developed successful Malayalam, English, Tamil and Kannada.
The Minister besides informed that precocious robotic kits volition beryllium distributed to each precocious schools done Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) to fortify robotics education. As galore arsenic 2,500 robotics kits volition beryllium distributed done Little KITES units successful February.
Over 4 lakh students benefited done the instauration of robotics arsenic portion of the Class X Information and Communication Technology (ICT) curriculum. As galore arsenic 29,000 robotic kits had earlier been provided to schools, helium added.
As portion of the initiative, caller kits supporting Internet of Things (IoT)-based instrumentality improvement are being introduced. The precocious kits incorporate assorted features including ESP-32 improvement boards, aggregate sensors and rechargeable artillery packs. Students volition summation hands-on acquisition successful artifact coding, Python and C programming.
Besides, students volition beryllium equipped to spell beyond textbook learning to make applicable projects specified arsenic line-following robots, astute irrigation system, motion-based information systems, astute walking sticks for the visually impaired, astute upwind stations, air-quality monitoring systems, and energy-saving devices, the Minister pointed out.
New portal launched
A caller authoritative website for the Higher Secondary Education section (www.hseportal.kerala.gov.in) has been launched successful collaboration with the National Informatics Centre. The portal offers broad information, improved user-friendliness and enhanced security. All authoritative notifications volition henceforth beryllium issued done the caller platform.
Mr. Sivankutty besides highlighted that the State authorities has invested implicit ₹4,000 crore done KIIFB for nationalist acquisition infrastructure. Development works were undertaken successful 973 schools, portion an further 53 schools were supported done the Kerala State Coastal Area Development Corporation.
The improvement of 629 schoolhouse buildings person been completed truthful far. The ceremonial inauguration of 32 caller buildings volition beryllium held wrong February 10.
