Wayanad District Collector V. Chelsasini has declared a holiday for the Kallinkara Government Lower Primary School on Monday (October 26) as it is functioning as a relief camp.
The camp was opened at the school after floodwaters entered Vellachaal Unnathi in Cheeral village following heavy downpours.
A total of 28 people belonging to 10 families were shifted to the camp.
Examinations scheduled in advance will be held as planned
Government estimates at least 400,000 people took part, but trade unions say the number is double that Hundreds of thousands marched in cities across France on Saturday in largely peaceful protests to support schoolchildren’s demands for more teachers and repairs to dilapidated buildings, as Emmanuel Macron faces a social and political crisis in his final months as president. In Paris, at least 110,000 people marched along the eastern edge of the city, according to government estimates.
The competition, held at the Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Malappuram, featured winning cadets from various sub-districts in the upper primary and high school categories.
Mr Shettima was in Borno State to inaugurate key infrastructure projects, including a 400-bed teaching hospital at the state-owned Kashim Ibrahim University and the Yerwa Practice Mega School in Maiduguri.
The Vice-Chancellor of the Catholic University of Ghana (CUG), Prof. Matthew Glover Addo, has urged the government to establish a dedicated fund to support private universities, warning that current interventions for first-year students in public universities could undermine enrolment prospects in the private tertiary education sector. Addressing the university’s 25th Congregation and 38th Matriculation Ceremony at Fiapre, near Sunyani, on Saturday, October 24, 2026, Prof. Addo urged the government to adopt a comprehensive funding policy that benefits both public and private institutions.
Isabela Ayidah of Hertford International Christian School emerged winner in the upper primary category with a score of 96.43 per cent, while Godiva Koomson of Hallmark International School won the lower primary category with 96.50 per cent. The Greater Accra finale was the third regional competition organised by the initiative in October, following events in the Eastern Region on October 10 and the Ashanti Region on October 16.