The Kerala government has decided to put the  perpetration of the Prime Minister’s seminaries for Rising India( PM SHRI) scheme on hold,  publicizing a review of the agreement  lately  inked with the central government. The move marks a notable shift from the state’s  before decision to join the scheme after months of  vacillation  embedded  in  enterprises about the National Education Policy( NEP) 2020. 

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the government would take a  conservative approach before  pacing with the  perpetration. He  blazoned the  conformation of a seven- member  presssub-committee to examine the counteraccusations  of the PM SHRI scheme and prepare a detailed report. The commission will be chaired by V. Sivankutty, Minister for General Education, and will include ministers K. Rajan( profit and casing), Roshi Augustin( Public Works), P. Rajeev( Law and diligence), P. Prasad( Agriculture), K. Krishnankutty( Electricity), and A.K. Saseendran( Forest and Wildlife). 

Speaking at a press conference, the Chief Minister stated that the state’s final decision would be guided by the commission’s findings. “ We’ll precisely study the counteraccusations  of the agreement and take a decision that aligns with Kerala’s education precedences and  indigenous principles, ” Vijayan said. Once the review is complete, the state’s functionary  station will be communicated to the Union government through a formal written response. 

The decision comes only weeks after Kerala formally  inked the Memorandum of Understanding( MoU) with the central government for the PM SHRI scheme, a move that followed dragged  resistance to the NEP 2020. The state government had  preliminarily refused to  apply the NEP, arguing that the policy promotes  inordinate centralisation and weakens the civil structure of education governance in India. Kerala has  constantly maintained that education is a subject that falls under the concurrent list,  taking lesser collaboration between the state and the Centre rather than unilateral directives. 

The PM SHRI scheme, launched by the central government, aims to upgrade being  seminaries across India into model institutions that showcase the  crucial  factors of the NEP 2020. These  seminaries are intended to serve as  exemplifications of high- quality,  indifferent, and inclusive education practices, incorporating  ultramodern  structure, digital tools, and innovative  tutoring  styles. still, Kerala’s education department has expressed  enterprises that participation in the scheme could laterally force  countries to align with NEP guidelines, thereby undermining their autonomy in setting class and governance  norms. 

The state’s  before resistance to the scheme was also tied to the Centre’s decision to withhold significant  finances under the Samagra Shiksha programme, a  crucial education action that supports universal access to quality education. Reports indicate that over ₹  1,158 crore in Samagra Shiksha  finances were withheld across three  fiscal times due to Kerala’s  original  turndown to  share in the PM SHRI scheme. This  fiscal strain reportedly  told  the state’s decision to  subscribe the scowl  before this month, as it sought to  insure the  durability of central education backing for government  seminaries. 

Still, with the  rearmost  advertisement, Kerala has  gestured that the MoU’s signing does n’t  inescapably mean unconditional acceptance of all aspects of the PM SHRI scheme or the NEP 2020. rather, the government intends to assess the  functional and  executive counteraccusations  in detail before  pacing. The  recently formedsub-committee will study the agreement clause by clause and examine how its  perpetration might affect the state’s  living education system, which has long been considered one of the best- performing in the country. 

Kerala’s education model, known for its focus on inclusivity, decentralised planning, and strong public  academy network, has  frequently diverged from central  programs. The state’s education authorities argue that  espousing a  invariant  public  frame could disrupt the progress achieved through locally acclimated strategies. By putting the PM SHRI scheme on hold, the government appears determined to maintain control over its education  programs while keeping the door open for collaboration with the Centre if  collective terms can be agreed upon. 

Political  spectators note that the decision reflects the state’s balancing act between  securing its educational autonomy and  icing access to central  finances essential for  academy development. The move also highlights ongoing pressures between state and central governments over the NEP’s  perpetration, as several  countries have raised  analogous  enterprises about its implicit to erode civil principles. 

For now, Kerala’s education department will await thesub-committee’s report, which is anticipated to outline recommendations on whether to  do with the PM SHRI scheme, talk terms, or withdraw from the agreement altogether. The  outgrowth of this review will  probably shape the coming phase of dialogue between the state and the Centre on education reforms and the broader question of how  public  programs can accommodate state-specific precedences. 

By  concluding for a measured reassessment rather than outright rejection, Kerala has kept the debate on education federalism alive while  motioning its intent to  cover its long-standing education  frame from centralised control.