Kerala state cabinet decides to sanction higher secondary schools in the Panchayats with no schools

Updated on: Saturday, June 08, 2013

A total of 148 panchayats in Kerala would soon get their first government higher secondary schools.

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said that the state cabinet decided to sanction the higher secondary schools in the Panchayats, where there were no such schools at present.

He said Government-run schools would be given priority while sanctioning higher secondary courses, Chandy said.

Corporate management educational institutions would be considered only if government schools were not in a position to run high secondary courses, he said.

Private individual run schools would be considered only as the last option, he said.
Objective was to provide opportunity to pursue higher studies to all students who have passed SSLC examination, he said.

On other cabinet decisions, he said free electricity for those consuming less than 20 units would continue. Around 25,000 families would continue to get the benefit, he said.

An Ayurvedic unit will be started at Trivandrum Regional Cancer Centre, he said.

A total of 5.2 acres under Industries department will be handed over to Kalamassery Municipality to start Childrens Science City in Kochi.

Another 6.64 hectares under KSIDC at Cherthala in Alappuzha district would be handed over to Cherthala District Industrial Centre to start a model village with activities like handloom, handicraft and coir village, he said.

Kerala state cabinet decides to sanction higher secondary schools in the Panchayats with no schools

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