The new Malayalam university will help students acquire multiple skills, empowering them in the job market, its Vice-Chancellor
The Vice-Chancellor of the new Thunchathu Ezhuthachan Malayalam University, K. Jayakumar, has set an ambitious course for himself. In an interview to The Hindu-EducationPlus, the former Chief Secretary says he wishes to make the institution, inaugurated in Tirur on November 1, academically, functionally and culturally relevant and that he will strive to bring back the honour in learning Malayalam.
What do you think is the single-most important reason for setting up a university for Malayalam?
The demand for a Malayalam university has been there for quite a while. For more than two decades, we have been talking about a Malayalam university. For the first time, the election manifestos of both the political combines in Kerala had one common item; both the Left Democratic Front and the United Democratic Front have promised to set up the university.
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The Vice-Chancellor of the new Thunchathu Ezhuthachan Malayalam University, K. Jayakumar, has set an ambitious course for himself. In an interview to The Hindu-EducationPlus, the former Chief Secretary says he wishes to make the institution, inaugurated in Tirur on November 1, academically, functionally and culturally relevant and that he will strive to bring back the honour in learning Malayalam.
What do you think is the single-most important reason for setting up a university for Malayalam?
The demand for a Malayalam university has been there for quite a while. For more than two decades, we have been talking about a Malayalam university. For the first time, the election manifestos of both the political combines in Kerala had one common item; both the Left Democratic Front and the United Democratic Front have promised to set up the university.
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