Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala General Education Minister V Sivankutty on Thursday said that 138 temporary additional plots plus one are being allocated in government schools in Malappuram and Kasaragod districts of the state.
Sivankutty said additional batches were being allocated as many students in those two districts in northern Kerala had not enrolled after all rounds of admissions plus one (class 11) were concluded.
He made the declaration, regarding the allocation of new seats and lots plus one, in the House under Rule 300 (declaration by a minister on a matter of public importance) of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business of the Legislative Assembly of Kerala.
The additional plots would cost the state exchequer around Rs 14.9 crore.
The minister said that based on the reports and recommendations of various regional committees, the state-level committee on educational requirements in the higher secondary sector for the academic year 2024-25 and the Director of General Education, a total of 120 batches - 59 in Humanities and 61 in Commerce, will be allocated in Malappuram district.
In Kasaragod, where there is a shortage of seats in several taluks, it has been decided to allocate a total of 18 lots - one in Science, four in Humanities and 13 in Commerce.
The minister further said that to ensure that there is no shortage of places, the government in May ordered that 178 plots that were provisionally allocated in the last academic year be retained and also there will be a marginal increase of 30 per cent in places in all public schools. from the Malabar region.
Furthermore, the government had also decided to marginally increase seats in all aided schools by 20 per cent.
However, after all the admission rounds were over, it was found that there was a shortage of plus one seats in those two districts, he added.
The Left government has faced criticism over the alleged shortage of plus one seats in schools in north Kerala with the opposition accusing the state administration of failing to resolve the issue.
Opposition student groups, mainly the Kerala Students Union (KSU) and the Muslim Students Federation (MSF), have been staging protests across the state for some time, criticizing the government for not ensuring enough seats for qualifying students in Malappuram. .
The Kerala government, on the other hand, had been claiming that there was no shortage of plus one seats at all.
On June 25, the government decided to allocate an additional plus one batch in Malappuram schools to resolve the seat shortage issue in the northern district.
Sivankutty said additional batches were being allocated as many students in those two districts in northern Kerala had not enrolled after all rounds of admissions plus one (class 11) were concluded.
He made the declaration, regarding the allocation of new seats and lots plus one, in the House under Rule 300 (declaration by a minister on a matter of public importance) of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business of the Legislative Assembly of Kerala.
The additional plots would cost the state exchequer around Rs 14.9 crore.
The minister said that based on the reports and recommendations of various regional committees, the state-level committee on educational requirements in the higher secondary sector for the academic year 2024-25 and the Director of General Education, a total of 120 batches - 59 in Humanities and 61 in Commerce, will be allocated in Malappuram district.
In Kasaragod, where there is a shortage of seats in several taluks, it has been decided to allocate a total of 18 lots - one in Science, four in Humanities and 13 in Commerce.
The minister further said that to ensure that there is no shortage of places, the government in May ordered that 178 plots that were provisionally allocated in the last academic year be retained and also there will be a marginal increase of 30 per cent in places in all public schools. from the Malabar region.
Furthermore, the government had also decided to marginally increase seats in all aided schools by 20 per cent.
However, after all the admission rounds were over, it was found that there was a shortage of plus one seats in those two districts, he added.
The Left government has faced criticism over the alleged shortage of plus one seats in schools in north Kerala with the opposition accusing the state administration of failing to resolve the issue.
Opposition student groups, mainly the Kerala Students Union (KSU) and the Muslim Students Federation (MSF), have been staging protests across the state for some time, criticizing the government for not ensuring enough seats for qualifying students in Malappuram. .
The Kerala government, on the other hand, had been claiming that there was no shortage of plus one seats at all.
On June 25, the government decided to allocate an additional plus one batch in Malappuram schools to resolve the seat shortage issue in the northern district.
