State will not join PM SHRI, says Sivankutty
T'puram: After an abortive attempt to join PM SHRI (Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India) scheme, the general education department decided to withdraw from it. General education minister V Sivankutty announced the decision on Wednesday after a meeting with student organizations.
Sivankutty said that enrolling in PM SHRI scheme would be suicidal because it means accepting NEP (National Education Policy). He added that all student groups, except ABVP, wanted the govt to reject the scheme.
Earlier, CPM had decided to join the scheme because the state would lose a significant amount of central assistance if it skipped the initiative. State govt also said the Centre was withholding its share of several education schemes because Kerala refused to join PM SHRI.
Sivankutty had brought the scheme to the state cabinet for approval, but CPI representatives in the govt objected and vetoed it. After that, Sivankutty criticized CPI state secretary Binoy Viswam and questioned whether the agriculture department, led by the CPI minister, would also refuse to sign several central govt schemes.
Sivankutty said the Centre withheld around Rs 1,500 crore owed to Kerala. He added that the state govt is exploring legal options to recover the funds after repeated appeals to the Centre failed.
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"I met the Union education minister twice to raise the issue, but there was no progress. The state govt decided not to sign the scheme because several conditions are unacceptable," he said.
LDF, which organized protests against NEP, alleged that the policy promotes privatization and communalization of education. It also said that PM SHRI scheme required schools to display the Prime Minister's picture and change their names to PM SHRI Schools.
Sivankutty said that state govt has taken steps to include the powers and responsibilities of the governor in Class X textbook. The chapter, under the title 'Conflicts in the Indian Federal System' also explains the Emergency as a crisis in Indian democracy.
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