Impact Stories

The Malabar Group of Institutions which was started in the 1990s by Valsan Matathil is now a ray of hope for thousands of students from the underprivileged class living in Kerala. In the 1990, when Valsan Matathil was a post-graduate student of economics in a college in Kerala, the college was on the verge of closing down due to severe financial constraints. The governing body of the college had no other option but to announce the immediate closure of the institute. But a group of students led by Valsan Matathil took over the governing body of the college and managed to stride through the tide. That decision was a stepping stone in Matathil’s journey in the field of education. Matathil,

Following the footprints of Mahatma Gandhi, the newly constituted government in the year 1950 made it clear that ‘promoting child education’ was the need of the hour.The Indian parliament elaborated the significant features of child education by incorporating various new provisions in the pages of Indian constitution. Apart from few constitutional articles, the main provisions for child education have been enshrined in the directive principles of state policy. However, various new policies and plans, apart from constitutional provisions, were made to provide the children, below 14 years, with free and compulsory educations. However, this did not take us very far. To keep the above promises, the Indian parliament on August 4, 2009, passed Right to Education Act for ‘free &compulsory