A stronger Kerala information system would make policy easier to judge
Kerala’s development report covers education, health, water, sanitation, agriculture, technology, tourism and industry. That breadth reflects how closely the state’s…
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Climate education can turn risk awareness into local action
Kerala’s weather-risk programme for higher-secondary students shows how schools can contribute to community preparedness. Students are being trained to use…
Kerala’s young people need more than modern school buildings
Kerala’s education initiatives are aimed at preparing students for a rapidly changing knowledge economy, but the central challenge is connecting…
Public spaces are a quiet measure of Kerala’s urban quality
Kerala’s urban future will be experienced in ordinary public spaces: bus stops, markets, school approaches, footpaths and neighbourhood parks. Budget…
Kerala’s next major announcement should include an implementation map
Announcements about knowledge institutions, new investment or local infrastructure become meaningful only when residents can see how they will be…
Kerala’s housing and mobility choices are connected
Housing policy cannot be separated from transport in Kerala’s growing towns. A new development changes how people reach work, schools,…
Kerala’s fiscal choices show why growth and service delivery must move together
Kerala’s budget combines ambitions for investment-led growth with the constraints of high committed expenditure, off-budget borrowing and losses in public-sector…
Kerala’s education budget must connect spending to classroom outcomes
Kerala’s revised budget allocates close to Rs 1,500 crore to general education, with the stated aim of improving academic quality…
Kerala schools reopen with a larger question about public education
More than four million students returned to Kerala schools after the summer break as the state announced initiatives intended to…
Kerala’s schools are being asked to become climate-readiness centres
A Kerala climate-education programme is training nearly 15,000 higher-secondary students to assess risks around their own schools using GIS tools,…