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A seven-member Cabinet subcommittee constituted to survey the implementation of the PM SHRI (Prime Minister’s Schools for Rising India) strategy successful the State and taxable a study has not met adjacent once, according to Minister for General Education V. Sivankutty’s reply successful the Assembly.
The committee was announced astatine the extremity of October past twelvemonth aft the State authorities enactment the implementation of the strategy connected clasp pursuing absorption from the Communist Party of India (CPI).
Kerala signed the statement for implementing the Centrally sponsored strategy connected October 23, 2025. However, the CPI accused the Pinarayi Vijayan-led authorities of signing connected to the strategy successful haste and without transparency, ignoring its concerns regarding the National Education Policy, which the PM SHRI schools purpose to showcase.
After the CPI stayed steadfast connected its opposition, the authorities froze the implementation of the strategy and announced the subcommittee to survey its implementation. The committee, chaired by Mr. Sivankutty, includes Minister for Revenue K. Rajan, Minister for Agriculture P. Prasad, Minister for Law P. Rajeeve, Minister for Electricity K. Krishnankutty, Minister for Water Resources Roshy Augustine, and Minister for Forest A.K. Saseendran.
Mr. Sivankutty said that lone aft examining the study of the subcommittee could a determination beryllium taken connected taking further steps connected implementing PM SHRI successful the State.
The Union authorities had made inking the pact for implementing PM SHRI successful Kerala a precondition for merchandise of pending funds nether Samagra Shiksha, different Centrally sponsored scheme. After the statement was signed, the State received the archetypal instalment of ₹92.41 crore of the Central stock of the Samagra Shiksha funds for 2025-26. However, the funds for 2023-24 and 2024-25 stay pending, Mr. Sivankutty reply successful the Assembly said.
