Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Students Union (KSU) activists on Sunday waved black flags at General Education Minister V Sivankutty and placed them on his official vehicle as part of their ongoing protest over the alleged shortage of plus one seats in schools across the north. Malabar region of Kerala.
A group of activists from the KSU, the student wing of the Congress Party, suddenly jumped in front of the minister's car as he was leaving his official residence.
They not only waved black flags before the minister but also placed some of them on the bonnet of his car, raising slogans against Sivankutty and the Left government in the state.
The police later forcibly removed the protesters from the road and the minister continued his journey.
The minister's office said in a statement that a discussion will be held with various student groups at the secretariat here on June 25 on the issue of plus one seat, taking into account the memoranda submitted by them in this regard.
Meanwhile, individual classes will begin on Monday in 2,076 aided and unaided government schools across the state, they said.
The Left government has faced criticism over the seat shortage issue after a student in Parappanangadi in the region's Malappuram district committed suicide on June 11, allegedly out of anxiety over whether she would get a seat for plus one (class 11) to continue. she studies her.
Several KSU activists recently marched towards various district collections demanding that additional plus one groups be accommodated in Malabar schools.
While the Congress Party and the KSU have been making the demand, the Kerala government has claimed that there is no crisis in escort admissions.
Minister Sivankutty had claimed that thousands of posts remain vacant every year after plus one admissions are completed in the region.
He also recently stated that, each year, temporary additional batches are allowed to ensure that students can choose what type of subjects they would like to study.
A group of activists from the KSU, the student wing of the Congress Party, suddenly jumped in front of the minister's car as he was leaving his official residence.
They not only waved black flags before the minister but also placed some of them on the bonnet of his car, raising slogans against Sivankutty and the Left government in the state.
The police later forcibly removed the protesters from the road and the minister continued his journey.
The minister's office said in a statement that a discussion will be held with various student groups at the secretariat here on June 25 on the issue of plus one seat, taking into account the memoranda submitted by them in this regard.
Meanwhile, individual classes will begin on Monday in 2,076 aided and unaided government schools across the state, they said.
The Left government has faced criticism over the seat shortage issue after a student in Parappanangadi in the region's Malappuram district committed suicide on June 11, allegedly out of anxiety over whether she would get a seat for plus one (class 11) to continue. she studies her.
Several KSU activists recently marched towards various district collections demanding that additional plus one groups be accommodated in Malabar schools.
While the Congress Party and the KSU have been making the demand, the Kerala government has claimed that there is no crisis in escort admissions.
Minister Sivankutty had claimed that thousands of posts remain vacant every year after plus one admissions are completed in the region.
He also recently stated that, each year, temporary additional batches are allowed to ensure that students can choose what type of subjects they would like to study.
