The state government has spent ₹5,000 crore to protect and strengthen the public education sector, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Tuesday (February 10). He declared Munderi Government Higher Secondary School as the first integrated international school in the state.
The chief minister said the objective of development is to ensure that everyone benefits equally. He noted that universal and free education, reinforced by social reformers and later political interventions, ensured almost full school enrollment in the state.
He said the government has taken significant steps since 2016 through the Public Education Protection Mission to modernize infrastructure, ensure timely distribution of textbooks from June 1 and improve academic standards.
Improvements in general education have also led to children of migrant workers enrolling in public schools, reflecting growing confidence in the system, he said. Significant changes have also occurred in the higher education sector.
Highlighting the transformation of the Munderi school from a conventional high school to a national model, Mr. Vijayan said infrastructure of international standards had been created along with curriculum and time table reforms. Arts and sports were given equal emphasis.
The school was established in the 1980s with strong public support and has grown steadily over five decades.
A cluster model integrating a higher secondary school with 14 primary schools in the panchayat was implemented under the ‘Mudra’ scheme, which helped in rapid development.
The campus now features state-of-the-art laboratories, an advanced robotics lab, smart classrooms and biogardens that help students learn from nature.
The school, the Chief Minister said, has become a source of pride for Kerala’s public education sector.
Former MP KK Ragesh and District Collector Arun K. Vijayan were present.
Published – 10 Feb 2026 21:21 IST