Category: Issue 69

The idea that education should be free and compulsory in Kerala was in circulation as early as 1904. Although a significant elite majority were in agreement with this proposal, the article below shows how the idea of free education in State-owned schools was identified as a hindrance to good education. The prefatory note below is by Deepti Sriram. The article was published in The Svadesabhimani in 1909.