Government schools in Kerala have now transformed into centres of excellence with better infrastructure and improved academic performance, Chief Minister Pianrayi Vijayan has said. He was speaking after inaugurating new buildings of 75 government schools across the State on Monday.
Mr. Vijayan said that as many as 10.48 lakh students had enrolled in government schools over the past six years, reversing the earlier trend of students shifting to private schools.
“The Left Democratic Front had in its election manifesto six years ago promised to protect public education in the State because public education was in a sorry state then. The funding through Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB), which many had opposed when we introduced it, enabled us to implement all these projects. When the standard of government schools improves, it is the poorest of the people in our State who stand to benefit, because their children will also get quality education,” said Mr. Vijayan.
