Malabar gets 20% raise in Plus I seats

Thiruvananthapuram: Education minister V Sivankutty said in the assembly that the government has decided to increase Plus One seats by 20% in the Malabar region this academic year. Northern districts from Thrissur will be benefited with this, he said.
In no districts there exists any shortage of seats for Plus One admissions. The government has done an analysis of the seats based on the admission of students in various streams from 2015 to 2020. In this analysis it was found that there was no need for any marginal increase in the seats, he said.
It has been noticed that in every district the higher secondary seats are becoming vacant after the admission process. This has been the past experience. With the decision to increase 20% seats in the Malabar region, 61,230 seats will be increased in the higher secondary course in this region, said the minister.
It has been decided to provide digital facilities to all students before the commencement of online education. The exact number of students lacking digital facilities to attend online classes have been compiled at the school level in each district. The district collectors were asked to compile the statistics of students in their respective region and report to the education department. A final state-level figure will be released soon, said the minister.
Sivankutty said that online classes are progressing in the Google G Suite platform complying with all cyber laws. All safety measures have been taken for online classes through this platform. The government has made specific instructions that all details be uploaded on the platform, and the custodian of the data will be only the government. These data (study materials) cannot be used for any other purposes or misutilized. The government has entered into an agreement with Google for this, said the minister.