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The Union Ministry of Education has issued a caller reminder regarding the pending implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) strategy to West Bengal, Kerala and Tamil Nadu aft Assembly elections concluded successful the 3 States.
Launched successful September 2022, this five-year inaugural aims to alteration implicit 14,500 schools into “exemplar institutions” that pb the mode successful implementing the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, Union School Education Secretary Sanjay Kumar stated successful his missive to the States emphasising that 34 States and Union Territories person already moved guardant with the scheme.
Despite the strategy moving good into its 3rd year, West Bengal has yet to motion the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The Centre has sent 11 letters to West Bengal, including 3 letters successful 2022, different 3 successful 2023, 3 successful 2024 and 2 letters successful 2025 pushing for implementation of PM SHRI.
‘Affecting students’
“The hold successful signing MoU has resulted successful postponement of enactment and improvement of PM SHRI schools successful the State, affecting the intended benefits to students and consequent strengthening of acquisition strategy astatine large. It whitethorn beryllium noted that lone a constricted clip is near for the strategy to implicit its five-year duration,” the Ministry of Education’s missive stated.
The missive to Kerala states that arsenic of November 12, 2025, the Kerala authorities has kept the MoU successful abeyance. The State antecedently moved to represent a committee to analyse circumstantial implementation concerns.
“The connection has led to undue hold successful the enactment of State authorities schools... I anticipation that the substance has been resolved now, arsenic lone a constricted clip is near for the strategy to implicit its duration,” Mr. Kumar’s missive to Kerala authorities stated.
In the missive addressed to Tamil Nadu, Mr. Kumar said the State had antecedently provided an undertaking to present the PM SHRI strategy for the 2024-25 world session. However, the process remains incomplete contempt 12 authoritative requests from the Centre.
