Mundamveli P&T complex: Proposal to set up hybrid tuition centre remains pending

A view of the Mundamveli P&T Colony Apartments | Photo Credit: Thulasi Kakkat A proposal to set up a hybrid tuition centre for students of the P&T Apartment Complex in Mundamveli remains unimplemented, despite the district collector directing the Kochi Corporation to prioritise the project almost eight months ago.The P&T Apartment Complex Protest Committee, which is holding an indefinite stir demanding the relocation and permanent rehabilitation of 78 families, drew attention to the neglect of the project on Children’s Day on Saturday.The committee claims that the proposal was initially mooted during the previous council, which approved it, shortly after which elections to local bodies were declared, sending it into hibernation. The current council had also given its nod to the proposal.“At a meeting in March, the district collector had asked the Corporation to implement the proposal without delay. The inordinate delay has led to an almost ten-fold escalation in the project cost, originally estimated at around ₹3.50 lakh, due to soaring prices of laptops and related equipment. There is no point in waxing eloquent about the significance of Children’s Day when such a proposal, which would benefit students from poor families, remains neglected,” said Abhilash P. Parameswaran, president of the protest committee.The project is expected to benefit 85 students from Class IV to Plus Two, including a few students from the immediate neighbourhood of the apartment complex. The idea was to run the hybrid tuition centre from the library of the apartment complex in three shifts, with six sessions each, three each for the State and CBSE syllabuses. An agency had also volunteered to conduct the sessions.The Corporation’s education standing committee chairperson, Jismi Jerald, was unaware of the current status of the proposal. However, Corporation Secretary P.S. Shibu said that the project would have to be re-tendered as there were no takers in the initial round.However, there is uncertainty over the execution of the project now that a consensus seems to have been reached on the relocation of families owing to the pitiable condition of the apartment complex.A high-level meeting chaired by Minister for Local Self-Government K.M. Shaji on Thursday sought a report from the Ernakulam District Collector on the temporary relocation of the 78 families and the feasibility of potential permanent rehabilitation packages.However, Mr. Parameswaran said there was no reason to overlook the tuition centre project, as it would benefit students from these families even at the new location to which they would be relocated. Published - November 14, 2026 12:23 pm IST