Overview
- CPI state secretary Binoy Viswam reiterated that the NEP will not be implemented in Kerala and called PM SHRI a backdoor to enforce it.
- CPI ministers raised objections during the cabinet meeting after a strategy huddle, and neither Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan nor Education Minister V. Sivankutty spoke on the issue there.
- V. Sivankutty maintains Kerala will participate to secure central funds without diluting the state’s education model.
- The 2022 PM SHRI programme aims to upgrade selected schools as NEP-aligned model institutions, with participating states expected to align curricula and evaluations.
- Congress leaders accused the government of hypocrisy but said funds are acceptable if conditions are removed, while BJP leader V. Muraleedharan urged Kerala to embrace the scheme and stop obstructing reforms.