Why Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal Are Opposing Centre’s PM-SHRI School Scheme Amidst NEP Row

Written By Academic Freedom

Vatsala Shrangi | 12 March 2025 | News18

Amidst the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020 debate in Parliament, non-NDA states – Tamil Nadu, Kerala and West Bengal – have upped the ante against the Central government’s PM-Schools for Rising India (PM-SHRI) scheme, after they stated that their funds were withheld for a larger school programme — Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA).

While both Tamil Nadu and Kerala had agreed last year in writing to sign an MoU, the two state governments later backtracked…

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