Row over CM’s mega quiz rages on

Key Highlights

• It also objected to the nature of the questions, alleging that they pertained to schemes that could not be implemented and things that had to be withdrawn owing to public pressure.
• Any bid to impose the quiz on students would be resisted, it added.
• Alleging politicisation of education, an Aided Higher Secondary Teachers’ Association representative pointed out that instead of improving knowledge, the quiz had become an advertisement of the government’s development achievements.
• However, the pro-Left Kerala School Teachers’ Association (KSTA) alleged that “baseless” allegations were being raised to stir a controversy.
• It said that posers related to initiatives launched during the United Democratic Front (UDF) rule such as She Taxi, Karunya, and Startup Mission were also asked in the quiz.