For most of the twentieth century Kerala was poor in income terms. Its social indicators said otherwise. This class explains the Kerala Model, the development puzzle economists study and Malayalis will happily discuss with you. You learn the literacy, life-expectancy and infant-mortality figures, the village library movement and its slogan, and കുടുംബശ്രീ (kudumbashree), the women's neighbourhood network launched in 1998. It also gives the standard criticism, because a class that only lists achievements is not education. Key Malayalam words for this topic: കുടുംബശ്രീ (kudumbashree) – Kudumbashree, Kerala's women's self-help network സാക്ഷരത (saaksharatha) – literacy ആരോഗ്യം (aarogyam) – health വായനശാല (vaayanashaala) – village reading room ഗ്രന്ഥശാല (granthashaala) – library ആശുപത്രി (aashupathri) – hospital വിദ്യാഭ്യാസം (vidyaabhyaasam) – education ജോലി (joli) – job, work തൊഴിൽ (thozhil) – employment, occupation നഴ്സ് (nurse) – nurse In this class: • The puzzle: low income, high social indicators • Total literacy: Ernakulam in 1990, the whole state in 1991 • Reading rooms, newspapers and the slogan read and grow • The critique: human development without enough jobs Quizzes below. Dr. Reshmi R Nair — SpeakMalayalam.