THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Chief Minister and the CPM have finally given their consent to the Education Department to sign the Central Government's PM SHRI (Prime Minister's Schools for Rising India) scheme to obtain Rs 1466 crore, including the central dues (1148 crore) for Samagra Shiksha Kerala (SSK). The decision was taken, bypassing the opposition of the CPI, in a situation where there was no other option. The CPI will be convinced of this. The Secretary of General Education has been assigned to sign the scheme.

Minister V Sivankutty said that there is no point in saying no to the money that should be spent on the needs of poor children on the pretext of a technicality. "This central fund will be used and spent in the same way as in the health, higher education and agriculture sectors.

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