Mankada sub-district takes early lead in Malappuram district school arts festival

Students from Mankada sub-district took the pb with 407 points connected the 2nd time of the 36th territory schoolhouse arts festival being held astatine Wandoor connected Wednesday (November 19, 2025). The curtain had gone up connected the festival connected Tuesday (November 18, 2025), mounting a grounds of sorts with 11,301 registrations.

As galore arsenic 5,300 students are taking portion successful the precocious schoolhouse (HS) category, 3,751 successful the higher secondary (HSS) category, and 2,250 successful the precocious superior (UP) category.

Malappuram sub-district was successful 2nd presumption with 373 points, Vengara successful 3rd with 359 points, followed by Kondotty (356), Nilambur (354), Manjeri (348), Tirur (348), Kuttippuram (336), Ponnani (325), and Melattur (324).

Competitions are expected to highest successful the coming days. The five-day festival volition reason connected Saturday (November 22, 2025).

PMSA Memorial District Cooperative Hospital, Malappuram, has acceptable up a antagonistic astatine Wandoor offering escaped wellness checkups for students, parents, and teachers. The infirmary has besides arranged an exigency helping providing archetypal assistance and aesculapian monitoring astatine assorted venues.

The District Sanitation Mission has introduced a broad greenish monitoring strategy for the festival. Mission officials said the promotion of eco-friendly products and technological discarded absorption had go essential.

Students are being taught that the discarded they make is their ain responsibility.

A greenish quiz and a spot photography contention connected the taxable ‘Green Kalolsavam’ person been arranged for the students.