The infrastructure enhancement in government schools in four central districts under the ₹1-crore assistance by the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) has not yet gathered pace.
Buildings have been constructed only in eight schools out of the total 70 schools shortlisted for the ₹1-crore scheme in Alappuzha, Idukki, Kottayam, and Ernakulam districts, under the government’s action plan for elevating the status of the public education sector.
Though the project was sanctioned in 2019-20, bureaucratic and procedural delays affected its timely completion. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who chaired a zonal review of the developmental works in various sectors in the central districts on October 3, asked the district authorities to initiate steps to remove bottlenecks and speed up construction works.
