The Centre’s PM-SHRI schools scheme is back in the limelight, this time, for political wrangling in Kerala. The CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) government in the state has agreed to implement the scheme , retreating from what was its vehement refusal so far to allow state schools to be labelled as ‘PM-SHRI’ schools. This has drawn fire not only from the opposition Congress, but also from within the LDF, with the CPI opposing the decision on the grounds that it wasn’t consulted, and that the Left’s stand so far was to oppose the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.

The state, meanwhile, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Centre to implement the PM-SHRI scheme.

What is the PM-SHRI scheme?

The Centre’s PM Schools for Rising India (PM-SHRI) scheme was approv

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