We cleared our stance on PM SHRI, now it’s CPM’s turn: D Raja
He also told the media that his party would discuss the PM SHRI issue at its executive meeting in Alappuzha on Monday.
He also told the media that his party would discuss the PM SHRI issue at its executive meeting in Alappuzha on Monday.
He also told the media that his party would discuss the PM SHRI issue at its executive meeting in Alappuzha on Monday.
Alappuzha: Amid the heated political controversy over PM SHRI in Kerala, CPI national secretary D Raja asserted that his party would not support the Central scheme that aims to communalise and commercialise India’s education system. Addressing the media here on Sunday, the CPI leader said that the CPM should now declare its stance on PM SHRI.
“CPI has been opposing the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. We are against the communalisation, centralisation and commercialisation of our education system. The BJP government at the Centre has always attempted to undermine federalism in the country. Kerala’s decision to implement PM SHRI is now being widely debated, and people are agitated over the government’s stance. So, the CPM should make an official announcement whether it supports the Centre’s scheme or not,” said Raja.
He added that he had written to CPM national secretary MA Baby, expressing his party's concern over the Kerala government's decision to join PM SHRI. He added that the MoU will badly affect Kerala.
He also told the media that his party would discuss the PM SHRI issue at its executive meeting in Alappuzha on Monday.
“The BJP government is trying to impose its monolithic agenda in the country. We do not agree with it,” he added.
The LDF government’s move to implement the Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) scheme under the Central government has sparked a political storm in the state after documents revealed that the MoU for the scheme was signed without the matter being discussed in the Cabinet. It is learnt that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Education Minister V Sivankutty remained silent on the MoU when CPI minister K Rajan objected to the scheme, calling it a move by the BJP government to impose the National Education Policy in Kerala.
Justifying the signing of the MoU, Minister Sivankutty told the media that Kerala decided to cooperate with the scheme to secure Central funds for public schools. He asserted that signing the PM SHRI MoU would not bring any changes to the state’s curriculum.