The 96-year-old, a native of Alappuzha district, scored 98 marks out of 100 in the state’s literacy programme. She was felicitated by Kerala Chief Minister.
Thiruvananthapuram| Remember the 96-years old Kerala granny who topped the state government’s literacy exam? She is in news again. This time for receiving a gift of a laptop from the Kerala Govt.
Karthiyayani Amma became the oldest women to top Kerala’s literacy exam under ‘Aksharalaksham’ scheme creating a history. The state’s education minister C Raveendranath gifted her a laptop on Wednesday. Only last week, she had expressed her wish to learn to operate computers. The Kerala govt fulfilled her wish as Raveendranath visited her home to gift her a laptop.
96 year old Karthyayani Amma became the topper with 98% score in equivalency programme exam of Kerala Literacy Mission. She received the certificate of merit from CM Pinarayi Vijayan. CM congratulated her and others who appeared for the exam. pic.twitter.com/qkZAuHQZgy
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The 96-year-old, a native of Alappuzha district, scored 98 marks out of 100 in the state’s literacy programme. She was felicitated by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for topping the exam out of 43,330 candidates.
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