Thrissur to host State School Kalolsavam from January 7 to 11

The 64^th State School Kalolsavam will be held in Thrissur from January 7 to 11, 2026. Minister for Education V. Sivankutty said here on Tuesday (August 5) that a meeting to form the organising committee would be held at Indoor Stadium, Thrissur, on August 12.

Sanskrit and Arabic literary festivals too will coincide with the school arts festival to be held at 25 venues. Thrissur last hosted the State school arts festival in 2018.

The Minister said that school-level arts festival will be held in September, sub-district festival in the second week of October and district-level festival in the first week of November.

Mr. Sivankutty said that an action plan was being prepared to demolish the school buildings in disrepair following a directive from Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

State sports meet

The Minister said that the State school sports meet will be held at Thiruvananthapuram in an Olympic style from October 22 to 27. About 24,000 students are expected to take part in the meet. District-level competitions will be completed by September.

Mr. Sivankutty said that the State meet will be held in 20 venues. Last year’s event was held in Kochi. An elaborate organising committee will be convened for the meet.

There will be competitions for boys and girls in Under-14, Under-17 and Under-19 categories. Young athletes from schools in West Asia following Kerala syllabus can join the State sports meet, he said.

Mr. Sivankutty said that a torch rally from Kasaragod to Thiruvananthapuram will be organised to promote the State school sports meet.

Sports and arts celebrities will attend the closing ceremony of the State school sports meet. There will be march-past of districts and cultural performances by the children.

The arts festival of teacher training institutes (TTI) and pre-primary teacher training institutes (PPTTI) will be held in Wayanad on September 12. Until 2007, TTI fest was held along with the State School Arts Festival. About 600 teacher-students will attend the festival.

The State special school festival will be held at Malappuram from November 6 to 8, said the Minister.