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West Bengal has signed an MoU with the Center to implement the PM-SHRI School Scheme.
After years of resistance under the Trinamool Congress government, West Bengal has finally signed up to the Centre’s PMSRI schools scheme following the BJP’s victory in the state.The earlier Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government had refused to join the scheme, arguing that education was a matter of state autonomy. The dispute became part of a larger political and financial standoff between the opposition-ruled states and the Centre. During the financial year 2024-25, the central government had withheld or withheld Samagra Shiksha funds for states including West Bengal. Kerala, Tamil Naduafter Delhi and Punjab refused to sign the PM SHRI Agreement.The Ministry of Education is also expected to push the state to implement the ULLAS scheme, which focuses on adult literacy and lifelong learning.Also read: TMC leader Jyoti Priya Malik’s daughter Priya Darshan Malik was removed from the post of WBCHSE secretary.The political situation is uncertain in Tamil Nadu, where the previous DMK government also refused to join the PM Shri scheme. After C. Joseph, the state has now seen a change in power. Vijay And his Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam won the assembly elections.In Kerala, the Center is expected to try to revive the PMSRI agreement. The state had signed an MoU with the central government in October 2025 but later shelved the arrangement.The PM SHRI, or Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India, scheme was launched in September 2022 to upgrade over 14,500 existing government schools across the country into model institutions in line with the NEP 2020 vision.
