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Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan connected Monday lauded the Kerala Police for going beyond their accepted relation of maintaining instrumentality and bid by actively contributing to gathering a amended nine done innovative and socially committed initiatives.
Speaking astatine the inauguration of a two-day alumni conscionable of the Student Police Cadet (SPC) and Helping Others Promote Education (HOPE) projects, implemented by the Kerala Police, present connected Monday, Mr. Vijayan highlighted the occurrence of these initiatives arsenic exemplary models of police-led societal transformation.
“Projects specified arsenic HOPE and the SPC are beardown examples of however the constabulary tin signifier a amended society, not conscionable by enforcing instrumentality and order, but by taking work to uplift lives and instil civic values,” helium said.
Reintegrating children
Launched successful 2017, the HOPE task aims astatine reintegrating children aged nether 18 who person dropped retired of schoolhouse oregon failed exams backmost into the ceremonial acquisition system. As of the 2024–25 world year, 1,426 students person resumed their studies nether the project. As galore arsenic 1,067 students person already enrolled during the contiguous world year. Overall, the inaugural has enabled 4,364 students to walk nationalist examinations.
The SPC project, undertaken successful relation with the General Education department, was implemented successful 431 schools until 2016. It has since been expanded to 1,048 schools, including 70 caller ones brought nether the strategy this year.
The Chief Minister besides presented awards to 9 officers who participated and won medals astatine the caller World Police and Fire Games successful Birmingham, the U.S.
State Police Chief Ravada A. Chandrasekhar presided implicit the function.
