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The CPI representatives in the Kerala cabinet reportedly raised objections in the cabinet meeting against the decision to implement the PM SHRI (PM’s Schools for Rising India) scheme in state schools.
Revenue Minister K Rajan, one of the CPI nominees in the Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF government, is learnt to have raised objections against the decision to implement the scheme in the cabinet meeting held on Wednesday. Although K Rajan expressed his party’s concerns, neither the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan nor the Generala Education Minister Sivankutty responded to them.
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In the morning, CPI state secretary Binoy Viswam called the party ministers at his house for a discussion. During the discussion, the CPI ministers were asked to register the party’s objection against the implementation of the PM SHRI scheme in the state schools.
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Meanwhile, CPI state secretary Binoy Viswam said the Kerala government is not going to implement the scheme. Speaking to media persons here on Wednesday, Binoy Viswam said he did not think that the CPM would go ahead with the PM SHRI Scheme. “The National Education Policy would not be implemented in the state at any cost. As per my understanding, the designated central funds would be provided only if the NEP is implemented completely,” he added.
He said that the CPM is one of the parties in the country which strongly opposes the RSS politically and ideologically, and hence it won’t support any of the programmes of the right-wing outfit.
Earlier, the LDF government in Kerala had decided to launch the PM SHRI scheme in state schools, setting aside objections from ally CPI.
Kerala General Education Minister V Sivankutty on Sunday said that the state has informed the Union government and directed officials to sign the agreement, noting this was necessary to access Rs.1,500 crore in pending Central funds for education projects. He said joining the Union government scheme is only a practical way to get the due funds and it would not make any difference in Kerala’s existing educational policy.
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