Disha higher education expo wraps up, draws 50,000 students

MALAPPURAM The State-level higher education expo ‘Disha 2026’, organised to familiarise students with higher education and career opportunities, concluded here with the organisers claiming that more than 50,000 students had visited the five-day event. Organised by the Career Guidance and Adolescent Counselling Cell (CG&ACC) of the higher secondary wing under the General Education department, the expo featured about 80 institutions, including Central and State universities, IITs, NITs, IISc, IISER, AIIMS, and national law universities. Students had the opportunity to learn about courses, entrance tests, scholarships, research, and career options directly from representatives of these institutions.

Apart from medicine and engineering, the expo covered opportunities in civil services, law, media, scientific research, aviation, artificial intelligence, and robotics. Career seminars and the Kerala Differential Aptitude Test (K-DAT) were also held. According to the organisers, more than 500 students took the test.

Several stalls offered information on specific career options.