Free uniform to 2.3 lakh students in Kerala this year

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Press Trust of India Thiruvananthapuram
Last Updated : May 13 2017 | 6:32 PM IST
A total of 2.3 lakh students in Kerala would get free school uniforms made of handloom materials during the current academic year.
The state government had earlier decided to distribute handloom materials for school uniforms as parts of its plan to revive the dying traditional handloom sector.
The state level inauguration of the programme would be done by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on May 22, said Industries Minister A C Moideen, who inspected the uniform materials prepared at Hantex, the only Apex Co-operative Society of Handloom weavers' here.
In the first phase, uniforms would be given free to 2.3 lakh students studying from standard one to five, Moideen said.
State Education Minister C Raveendranath was also present on the occasion.

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First Published: May 13 2017 | 6:32 PM IST

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