This is an answer to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 372, answered on February 2, 2026, regarding the uploading of information on the PM-SHRI Portal. The question was posed by Adv. Adoor Prakash and directed to the Minister of Education. It asks whether the State of Kerala has uploaded school information to the PM-SHRI portal after signing the MoU with the Union Government in October 2025. It also asks if the Union Government has received communication from Kerala regarding withdrawal from the PM-SHRI scheme and the subsequent decision. The Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Shri Jayant Chaudhary, answered that the PM SHRI scheme is a centrally sponsored scheme to set up schools by strengthening existing schools. Under the scheme, States/UTs sign an MoU with the Centre and the selection of PM SHRI schools is done through a challenge mode. The State of Kerala signed the MoU on October 23, 2025, and has been requested to upload school information to the PM SHRI portal.
Key Entities Referenced
PM-SHRI: Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India, a centrally sponsored scheme to strengthen existing schools.
Ministry of Education: The central ministry responsible for matters related to education.
National Education Policy (NEP) 2020: Referenced policy document whose initiatives are to be showcased by PM SHRI schools.
Kerala: State that signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Union Government related to PM-SHRI scheme.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 372
ANSWERED ON – 02/02/2026
Uploading of Information on PM-SHRI Portal
372. Adv. Adoor Prakash:
Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:
(a) whether the State of Kerala has uploaded the information of schools on PM-SHRI portal
after signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Union Government in
October, 2025, if so, the details thereof;
(b) if not, the reasons therefor;
(c) whether the Union Government has received any communication from the State of Kerala
regarding withdrawal from the PM-SHRI scheme; and
(d) if so, the details thereof and the decision taken by the Union Government in this regard?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
(SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)
(a) to (d): Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) is a Centrally Sponsored
Scheme in which PM SHRI schools are set up by strengthening the existing schools from
amongst schools managed by Central Government/State/UT Government/local bodies. These
schools are to showcase all the initiatives of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, be the
exemplar schools, and also offer benchmarking leadership to other schools in the
neighbourhood.
Under the PM SHRI scheme, States/UTs sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
with Centre, laying down the commitments for supporting these schools for achieving specified
quality assurance as PM SHRI schools. Thereafter, the selection of PM SHRI schools is done
through the Challenge Mode, wherein schools compete for support to become exemplar
schools.
The State of Kerala has signed the MoU on 23rd October 2025, which is to be followed
by transparent challenge Mode for the selection of PM SHRI schools. Subsequently, State of
Kerala has been requested to upload information of schools on PM SHRI portal.
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