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World`s biggest youth festival started.

Kollam, Thursday, 10 January: The Kerala State School Art Festival will begin just a while from now when Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan will inaugurate the gala event at 4 p.m. on today evening. Education Minister M.A. Baby will preside the event. The Government Model Boys’ High Secondary School is the main venue, this will be the last State-level schools arts festival in its present form. From next year, it will be a single festival for higher secondary and other schools. The government will form a special committee to work out the details. More than 6,000 students would compete in the events. Competitions in 79 events will take place in the main and 14 other venues. A cultural procession is already on its way from the Kochupilamoodu junction and pass through Chinnakada, the main road and Kallupaalam to reach the venue for the inaugural function.



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