Several organisations in the district are on a warpath demanding sufficient higher secondary seats for the students who passed the SSLC examination this year.
Nearly 80,000 students passed the SSLC examination in Malappuram this year. The number of students the higher secondary classes, polytechnics, and ITIs can accommodate will not be more than 42,000, rendering higher education inaccessible for nearly half of the qualified students.
Pointing out the higher secondary seat shortage in Malabar districts, particularly in Malappuram, and the excess seats in certain southern districts in the State, organisations like the Fraternity Movement, the Samastha Kerala Sunni Students Federation (SKSSF), the Muslim Students Federation (MSF) took out protests at different places.
