“The Odisha government has taken a far-reaching decision to sign an MoU with the Ministry of Education, Government of India, to implement the PM SHRI Scheme. PM SHRI are NEP 2020 exemplar schools,” the Ministry of Education wrote on X.

The Centre has raised serious concerns regarding the failure of five states to sign Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with the Ministry of Education for the implementation of the PM SHRI schools initiative.