Thursday, January 30, 2003
Payyanur: The sixth state VHSE youth festival will begin at Payyanur tomorrow. About 2000 students from 375 voccational higher secondary schools of the state will participate in the festival. Variuos competitions in 63 items will be held at six different venues arranged at Govt Boys High School, Gandhi Maidan and BEMLP School. A colourful procession will be held at Payyanur tomorrow evening to declare the opening of the festival. Nalakath Soopy, the education minister, will formally inaugurate the youth festival on 1st February at 10 am. K.Sudhakaran, minister for forests and sports, will inaugurate the closing cermony on 2nd February at 3.30 pm and Cherkalam Abdulla, the minister for local administration, will distribute the prizes to the winners.
