Thiruvananthapuram- Kerala General Education Minister V Sivankutty said on Sunday that the National Educational Policy (NEP) clearly states that the authority to bring out school textbooks rests with the states and so there is no need for any concern in this regard.

Amidst a raging row over the state’s recent signing of the PM SHRI scheme, the minister continued to justify the General Education Department’s move and said many things in NEP have already been implemented by Kerala.

“In the signed MoU, it is clearly stated that we can withdraw from the agreement any moment. It should be done after deliberations by the two parties and arriving at a consensus. If we cannot arrive at a consensus, we have the freedom to approach the court as well,” he told reporters here.

Stating that Kerala

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