Overview

• Tamil Nadu equipped all government primary schools with smart boards, introduced hi-tech labs for middle grades and launched the ‘Thiran’ programme to strengthen foundational reading, writing and arithmetic skills
• The state education department mandated weekly cyber-safety training, daily group exercises and a 20-minute compulsory reading hour, and Chief Minister M.K. Stalin launched distribution of 4.3 crore textbooks, 1.3 crore uniforms and stationery
• Kerala welcomed over 40 lakh students back to nearly 10,000 schools, rolled out high school schedule changes and embedded value-based lessons alongside student-authored curriculum content
• Some Kerala districts delayed reopening as schools continued housing flood relief camps, and a protest in Idukki over a cancelled English-medium Class 9 division drew police intervention
• Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan declared a ‘Year of Comprehensive Quality Improvement,’ ordered schools to submit academic master plans by June 15 and highlighted recent ₹5,000 crore infrastructure investments and a new online teacher transfer system