The Minister of General Education V. Sivankutty said that after the main allocation process there is an empty 1 3 476 plus one seats throughout the state.
On Saturday he approached Mediaperonsons in Kozhikode and stated that 71,258 seats remained unoccupied in the auxiliary sector, while 87,659 students asked for another round of assignment. Many thousand seats were unoccupied in the free sector.
The Minister’s claim is, against the background of state protests with organizations associated with UDF for more plus one seat based on the fact that the available chairs were not enough to meet the demand of students.
Mr. Sivanku spoke about various contemporary topics, such as the revised food scheme and “Samagra Gunamenma Padhathi” to ensure the quality of education.
He said that the menu with half of the day in schools was determined on the basis of a detailed calculation of calories, the calculation of costs and the availability of funds by the committee appointed for this purpose. It has been found that selected foods can be prepared within the budget, said the Minister.
He suggested that schools could seek the support of local bodies, CSR funds of companies, PTA, graduates and the general public to provide students with millet and that it was currently about 2,200 schools.
Mr. Sivankutty quoted the need to expand the project to more schools. He also proposed to set up vegetable gardens in schools to reduce the purchase of vegetables.
Training for heads of institutions in the public sector as part of the “Samagra Gunamenma Padhathi” would be completed by July 15 and training at the cluster level including all teachers would begin by 19 July, he said.
“The aim of the project is to determine 30% of the limit mark for students during written trials in class 5 to 9 and train them separately to ensure that they maintain the quality offered by the curriculum,” he said.
The Minister said that the government decided to prepare special textbooks for students at schools for hearing disabilities, which will be released on June 30.
Published – June 21, 2025 21:33
