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Undeterred Determination: 96-year-old Karthyayani Amma Tops Kerala Literacy Mission Exam, Aims To Graduate
Swarajya Staff
Nov 02, 2018, 10:00 AM | Updated 10:00 AM IST
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In what comes as a pleasant surprise, the ‘poster girl’ for Aksharalaksham literacy programme is none other than the 96-year old Karthyayani Amma who has topped the Kerala State Literacy Mission's examination with 98 percent marks .
37,166 candidates were females out of the 42,933 candidates that sat for the first phase of Aksharalakshyam. 8,215 participants from the SC community and 2,882 from the ST community sat for the test.
“An Alappuzha resident, Karthyayani wrote the examination at the Cheppad Government LP School. And she’s dreaming big. She had enrolled herself in the literacy mission’s programme with the aim of completing her graduation” said a literacy mission officer as reported by TNIE.
A whooping 99.08 percent passed the examination. Palakkad district came first with 10,866 candidates passing followed by the capital city which secured the second place with 9,412 passing candidates.
The certificate distribution ceremony will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan who will award the certificate to Karthyayani.
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