Govt. Wants More Women to be Part of Uniformed Services, says Kerala CM

By: WE Staff | Monday, 23 May 2022

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has stated that the government is dedicated to boosting women's representation in uniformed services, including the police.

He was addressing after saluting at the Kerala Police Academy's passing out parade in Ramavarmapuram. As many as 446 female police constables have graduated from the Kerala Police Academy after finishing the nine-month training programme.

Mr. Vijayan stated, “Women empowerment is the State’s top priority and ensuring maximum women representation in the police force and other uniformed services is significant step taken by the government in this regard.”

He explained that, despite the limitations imposed by the pandemic COVID-19, the trainees were able to grasp the concept of the day-to-day operations of local police by completing two months at police stations during the initial round of the training.

He claimed that the significant number of highly educated young people entering the Kerala Police would improve the force's efficiency. He urged the freshly recruited troops to work together to keep the force's reputation intact. Two MCA graduates, six MBAs, six MTechs, 57 BTechs, 47 BEds, 120 postgraduates, and 187 grads are among the trainees.

The event was attended by Thrissur Mayor M.K. Varghese, Deputy Mayor Rajasree Gopan, Thrissur Rural Police Chief Aishwarya Dongre, and Thrissur City Police Commissioner R. Adithya, as well as ADGP (Training) & Director of Kerala Police Academy Balram Kumar Upadhyay, State Police Chief Anil Kant, and IGP (Training) K.P. Philip. The COVID-19 protocol was strictly followed during the function. The outstanding cadets in the function received awards from the Chief Minister.