Kalotsavam · School Kalotsavam
The Union Territory level school arts festival of Lakshadweep (Department of Education), from the 2015 manual: 25 items across 3 class-based categories (6-8, 9-10, 11-12) plus Kala Jatha, with placing points and A/B/C grades.
Sets up a Lakshadweep style school arts festival: three class categories (6-8, 9-10, 11-12) each split into solo and group items, one all-class Kala Jatha, placing points, A/B/C grades and the printed 100-mark criteria for 24 of the 25 items.
This template rebuilds the Union Territory level school arts festival of Lakshadweep, as set out in the 2015 edition held at Kavaratti. A coordinator opens an event that already carries the class categories, the 25 items, the placing points, the grade table and the printed judging indicators, instead of a blank catalogue. It suits an island, district or school group that wants a compact class-banded arts festival for government school pupils, and the structure adapts to any school festival that groups pupils by class rather than by age.
Pupils compete in three categories defined by class: classes 6 to 8, classes 9 and 10, and classes 11 and 12. Each category has a solo group and a team group, so a group dance sits beside the solo folk dance without clashing. A seventh group, Kala Jatha, is open to all classes together. The item list covers recitation, elocution, essay, poem and story writing, pencil drawing and painting on a scenery theme, mono act, mimicry, mime, light and patriotic music, and a run of folk and group items such as Kolkali, Oppana, Duffmuttu, Parichamuttu, Dolippattu, Bandiya Dance and Vattappattu. Recitation, elocution and essay writing run in several languages, and poem and story writing in Malayalam and English.
Scoring has two layers. Each item is marked out of 100 against the printed evaluation indicators for that art form, and the same indicators apply in every language and class where the item runs. Placing points are 5, 3 and 1 for the first three solo places, 10, 6 and 2 for group items, and 10, 6 and 4 for Kala Jatha. Separately, an item scoring 70 per cent or more earns an A grade worth 5 points, 60 to 69 per cent a B grade worth 3, and 50 to 59 per cent a C grade worth 1. Grade rows are installed for the six class groups only, because the source prints no grade points for Kala Jatha.
Some rules have no matching field and are left to the organiser: team sizes, the cap on individual items per student, how winners move from school to island to territory level, and the participation points given to each other island in Kala Jatha. The age ranges attached to each category are an eTalenter mapping from class to age, because the rules give classes only. Painting with crayons prints no judging indicators, so it installs without criteria. This is the 2015 edition, so a coordinator running a newer edition should check the current circular and adjust.
Where this event comes from
The festival is the territory-wide school arts competition of the Lakshadweep islands, open to pupils of government schools, and this template follows the 5th edition, held in 2015.
Where this event is run
Lakshadweep, India, among government school pupils, with the competition running as a territory-level festival after school-level rounds. The template follows that single-territory, class-banded format, so it suits any organiser running a mid-sized item list across a few class categories. It is less suited to a festival that groups entrants strictly by age or that needs a long list of classical items.
- Lakshadweep, India (territory level school arts festival)
Key facts
- 25 items across three class categories (6-8, 9-10, 11-12), each with a solo group and a team group, plus an all-class Kala Jatha
- Open to boys and girls, with some folk items restricted by gender as printed
- Items marked out of 100 using the printed indicators; 24 of 25 items carry criteria
- Placing points 5/3/1 solo, 10/6/2 group, 10/6/4 Kala Jatha
- A/B/C grades at 70, 60 and 50 per cent worth 5, 3 and 1 points, installed for the six class groups
- 2015 edition; team sizes, entry caps and progression rules are left to the organiser
- Age groups
- 7
- Competition items
- 25
- Competitions
- 63
- Grade bands
- 18
- Rank awards
- 9
Age groups
Every candidate is placed into one of these groups by age, and competitions are run per group.
Cat I Indiv
Candidates aged 11 to 13 compete in this group
Cat I Group
Candidates aged 11 to 13 compete in this group
Cat II Indiv
Candidates aged 14 to 15 compete in this group
Cat II Group
Candidates aged 14 to 15 compete in this group
Cat III Indiv
Candidates aged 16 to 18 compete in this group
Cat III Group
Candidates aged 16 to 18 compete in this group
Kala Jatha
Candidates aged 11 to 18 compete in this group
Competition items
The events themselves — each with the category it belongs to and how judges score it.
Recitation
Elocution
Essay Writing
Pencil Drawing (Scenery)
Painting - Crayons (Scenery)
Painting - Water Medium (Scenery)
Poem Writing
Story Writing
Mappilapattu
Mono Act
Mimicry
Folk Dance (Single)
Light Music
Kolkali
Oppana
Patriotic Song
Patriotic Dance
Mime
Duffmuttu
Parichamuttu
Dolippattu
Group Dance
Bandiya Dance
Vattappattu
Show all 25 items
Competitions by group
The full schedule matrix, sectioned by age group then category — which item runs for whom, and for how long.
| Item | Type | Gender | Language | Max score | Time limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cat I Indiv | |||||
| On Stage | |||||
| Item | Type | Gender | Language | Max score | Time limit |
| Recitation | Individual | — | Malayalam | 100 | 5 min |
| Recitation | Individual | — | Arabic | 100 | 5 min |
| Recitation | Individual | — | Hindi | 100 | 5 min |
| Recitation | Individual | — | English | 100 | 5 min |
| Elocution | Individual | — | Malayalam | 100 | 5 min |
| Elocution | Individual | — | English | 100 | 5 min |
| Mappilapattu | Individual | — | — | 100 | 5 min |
| Mono Act | Individual | — | — | 100 | 5 min |
| Off Stage | |||||
| Item | Type | Gender | Language | Max score | Time limit |
| Pencil Drawing (Scenery) | Individual | — | — | 100 | 120 min |
| Cat I Group | |||||
| On Stage | |||||
| Item | Type | Gender | Language | Max score | Time limit |
| Kolkali | Team | Male | — | 100 | 10 min |
| Oppana | Team | Female | — | 100 | 7 min |
| Patriotic Song | Team | — | — | 100 | 5 min |
| Patriotic Dance | Team | Female | — | 100 | 10 min |
| Cat II Indiv | |||||
| On Stage | |||||
| Item | Type | Gender | Language | Max score | Time limit |
| Recitation | Individual | — | Malayalam | 100 | 5 min |
| Recitation | Individual | — | Arabic | 100 | 5 min |
| Recitation | Individual | — | Hindi | 100 | 5 min |
| Recitation | Individual | — | English | 100 | 5 min |
| Elocution | Individual | — | Malayalam | 100 | 5 min |
| Elocution | Individual | — | English | 100 | 5 min |
| Mappilapattu | Individual | — | — | 100 | 5 min |
| Mono Act | Individual | — | — | 100 | 5 min |
| Mimicry | Individual | — | — | 100 | 5 min |
| Folk Dance (Single) | Individual | — | — | 100 | 5 min |
| Off Stage | |||||
| Item | Type | Gender | Language | Max score | Time limit |
| Essay Writing | Individual | — | Malayalam | 100 | 60 min |
| Essay Writing | Individual | — | English | 100 | 60 min |
| Essay Writing | Individual | — | Hindi | 100 | 60 min |
| Painting - Crayons (Scenery) | Individual | — | — | 100 | 120 min |
| Cat II Group | |||||
| On Stage | |||||
| Item | Type | Gender | Language | Max score | Time limit |
| Patriotic Dance | Team | — | — | 100 | 10 min |
| Mime | Team | — | — | 100 | 5 min |
| Duffmuttu | Team | Male | — | 100 | 10 min |
| Parichamuttu | Team | Male | — | 100 | 10 min |
| Dolippattu | Team | Male | — | 100 | 8 min |
| Oppana | Team | Female | — | 100 | 7 min |
| Patriotic Song | Team | — | — | 100 | 5 min |
| Group Dance | Team | Female | — | 100 | 10 min |
| Bandiya Dance | Team | Female | — | 100 | 8 min |
| Cat III Indiv | |||||
| On Stage | |||||
| Item | Type | Gender | Language | Max score | Time limit |
| Elocution | Individual | — | Malayalam | 100 | 5 min |
| Elocution | Individual | — | English | 100 | 5 min |
| Elocution | Individual | — | Hindi | 100 | 5 min |
| Elocution | Individual | — | Arabic | 100 | 5 min |
| Mappilapattu | Individual | — | — | 100 | 5 min |
| Light Music | Individual | — | — | 100 | 5 min |
| Folk Dance (Single) | Individual | — | — | 100 | 5 min |
| Mono Act | Individual | — | — | 100 | 5 min |
| Mimicry | Individual | — | — | 100 | 5 min |
| Off Stage | |||||
| Item | Type | Gender | Language | Max score | Time limit |
| Essay Writing | Individual | — | Malayalam | 100 | 60 min |
| Essay Writing | Individual | — | English | 100 | 60 min |
| Essay Writing | Individual | — | Hindi | 100 | 60 min |
| Essay Writing | Individual | — | Arabic | 100 | 60 min |
| Painting - Water Medium (Scenery) | Individual | — | — | 100 | 120 min |
| Poem Writing | Individual | — | Malayalam | 100 | 120 min |
| Poem Writing | Individual | — | English | 100 | 120 min |
| Story Writing | Individual | — | Malayalam | 100 | 120 min |
| Story Writing | Individual | — | English | 100 | 120 min |
| Cat III Group | |||||
| On Stage | |||||
| Item | Type | Gender | Language | Max score | Time limit |
| Kolkali | Team | Male | — | 100 | 10 min |
| Mime | Team | — | — | 100 | 5 min |
| Patriotic Song | Team | — | — | 100 | 5 min |
| Dolippattu | Team | Male | — | 100 | 8 min |
| Oppana | Team | Female | — | 100 | 7 min |
| Duffmuttu | Team | Male | — | 100 | 10 min |
| Vattappattu | Team | Male | — | 100 | 10 min |
| Bandiya Dance | Team | Female | — | 100 | 8 min |
| Kala Jatha | |||||
| On Stage | |||||
| Item | Type | Gender | Language | Max score | Time limit |
| Kala Jatha | Team | — | — | 100 | — |
Grades and ranks
How scores turn into grade bands, and how many points each placing is worth.
| Grade | For | Condition | Score | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Grade (70% and above) | Greater than or equal to | 70 | 5 | |
| B Grade (60% to 69%) | Greater than or equal to | 60 | 3 | |
| C Grade (50% to 59%) | Greater than or equal to | 50 | 1 | |
| A Grade (70% and above) | Greater than or equal to | 70 | 5 | |
| B Grade (60% to 69%) | Greater than or equal to | 60 | 3 | |
| C Grade (50% to 59%) | Greater than or equal to | 50 | 1 | |
| A Grade (70% and above) | Greater than or equal to | 70 | 5 | |
| B Grade (60% to 69%) | Greater than or equal to | 60 | 3 | |
| C Grade (50% to 59%) | Greater than or equal to | 50 | 1 | |
| A Grade (70% and above) | Greater than or equal to | 70 | 5 | |
| B Grade (60% to 69%) | Greater than or equal to | 60 | 3 | |
| C Grade (50% to 59%) | Greater than or equal to | 50 | 1 | |
| A Grade (70% and above) | Greater than or equal to | 70 | 5 | |
| B Grade (60% to 69%) | Greater than or equal to | 60 | 3 | |
| C Grade (50% to 59%) | Greater than or equal to | 50 | 1 | |
| A Grade (70% and above) | Greater than or equal to | 70 | 5 | |
| B Grade (60% to 69%) | Greater than or equal to | 60 | 3 | |
| C Grade (50% to 59%) | Greater than or equal to | 50 | 1 |
| Rank | For | Points |
|---|---|---|
| First | Individual | 5 |
| Second | Individual | 3 |
| Third | Individual | 1 |
| First | Team | 10 |
| Second | Team | 6 |
| Third | Team | 2 |
| First | Team | 10 |
| Second | Team | 6 |
| Third | Team | 4 |
Frequently asked questions
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