Kerala made headlines recently when it became a signatory to the Union government’s flagship PM SHRI (Prime Minister’s Schools for Rising India) scheme after three years of holding out, only to press the pause button after the Communist Party of India (CPI) that is a coalition partner in the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) government in the State refused to go along with the decision alleging a lack of consensus.
The scheme was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on National Teachers’ Day in 2022.
