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The 64th Kozhikode Revenue District School Arts Festival drew to a adjacent astatine Koyilandy connected Friday (November 28), with the Kozhikode metropolis sub-district clinching the wide title and Silver Hills Higher Secondary School retaining its presumption astatine the top.
The five-day festival was held crossed 22 venues successful Koyilandy town. Around 13,000 students from authorities and aided schools nether 17 sub-districts competed successful 319 events crossed the Upper Primary, High School and Higher Secondary categories. The Sanskrit and Arabic arts festivals were besides organised alongside the main event.
The Providence Girls Higher Secondary School, Kozhikode, squad that qualified for the State-level successful Yakshaganam (HS) lawsuit astatine the Kozhikode Revenue District School Arts Festival successful Koyilandy connected November 28. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh
Despite recurring allegations of faulty judgment, nepotism and protests by contestants, the festival drew an enthusiastic nationalist response. Drama competitions, Oppana and radical creation events remained assemblage favourites.
Kozhikode metropolis sub-district secured 1,000 points (as updated astatine 9 p.m.) to assistance the wide trophy, followed by Chevayur sub-district with 910 points and Thodannur sub-district with 904 points.
Silver Hills Higher Secondary School, which contributed 428 points to the Chevayur sub-district tally, continued its singular tally arsenic the highest-scoring school. Its students earned A grades successful each 90 events they participated in, qualifying for the State schoolhouse arts festival successful astir 30 items. Memunda HSS of Thodannur sub-district came 2nd with 353 points, portion Perambra HSS finished 3rd with 247 points.
