President Murmu attends centenary of St. Teresa's College, Ernakulam
President Droupadi Murmu attended the centenary celebrations of St. Teresa's College in Ernakulam, Kerala, on 24 October 2025.
Summary
On 24 October 2025, President Droupadi Murmu attended the centenary celebrations of St. Teresa's College in Ernakulam, Kerala, a college known for women's education. She said women's active participation is needed for India to benefit from its demographic dividend. She recalled that 3 of the 15 women members of the Constituent Assembly were from Kerala: Ammu Swaminathan, Annie Mascarene and Dakshayani Velayudhan. She noted that Gender Budget allocation had risen four and a half times in the last decade and that women-led MSMEs nearly doubled between 2011 and 2024. She praised the college's SLATE project (Sustainability, Leadership and Agency through Education) as supporting the National Education Policy 2020.
Key facts
- Date & place
- 24 Oct 2025, Ernakulam, Kerala
- Occasion
- Centenary of St. Teresa's College
- Constituent Assembly
- 15 women members; 3 from Kerala
- Kerala members
- Ammu Swaminathan, Annie Mascarene, Dakshayani Velayudhan
- SLATE
- Sustainability, Leadership and Agency through Education
- Gender Budget
- Up 4.5 times in a decade
Practice MCQs 2 questions
As recalled by President Droupadi Murmu in Ernakulam in October 2025, how many of the 15 women members of the Constituent Assembly were from Kerala?
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Correct answer: B — Three
PIB: of the fifteen women members of the Constituent Assembly, three were from Kerala — Ammu Swaminathan, Annie Mascarene and Dakshayani Velayudhan.
Consider the following statements: 1. St. Teresa's College, whose centenary the President attended in October 2025, is in Ernakulam, Kerala. 2. The college's SLATE project stands for 'Sustainability, Leadership and Agency through Education'. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C — Both 1 and 2
Both are correct. PIB: the President graced the centenary of St. Teresa's College at Ernakulam and praised its SLATE project (Sustainability, Leadership and Agency through Education).