Thiruvananthapuram 13th September : Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will be on two-week trip to Europe in October.During this time, he will meet with experts for an eventual collaboration in the area of education.The CM together with an entourage of officials and ministers are expected to meet with the team of experts from Finland who were in Kerala in connection with the development in education.
According to sources the Chief Minister is set to travel to London, Norway and Finland.
In addition, the visit comes in a time when the state is going through a very rough patch financially.
For the internet’s users the chief minister’s planned Europe trip will bring back fond memories of his Netherlands trip to learn about the management of the crisis of flooding, which is known as the project “Room for River’.
In defense of the chief minister, the Finance Minister of the state K.N.Balagopal denied his critics as “needless”, saying that visits of these kinds are necessary to research the most recent trends in the world.
A media critic under an ad hoc basis of anonymity said that such visits are required, but not prior to taking an review of previous visits.
“If there will be an interconnection in the field of education, we must not overlook the unprecedented surge in the amount of students traveling abroad to get education.Before, students were traveling abroad to study master’s degrees and after completing Plus 2, students are being accepted for undergraduate courses abroad , and that is a cause for issue.To serve the interests of everyone, the current state government must stop blaming and make clear the achievements it has made on all fronts since the Vijayan government has been in office for over six years.” The critic refused to be named.
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