thiruvananthapuram bjps former state president v muraleedharan has questioned the government claim of the state achieving total primary education he shared his apprehensions regarding government claims in an open letter to vicepresident hamid anzari who is expected to declare the total primary education at a function here on wednesday according to muraleedharan the government claim was not validated by any credible agency and urged the vice president to seek an explanation from the government regarding the genuineness of the claim with deep anguish and total responsibility let me state that this claim by the state government is outlandish and cooked up your esteemed self will be attesting a complete hoax by not questioning the basis on which the state has arrived at the conclusion of being the first in the country to achieve total primary education the state government is yet to clarify the basis on which it has made this bizarre claimneither has any agency of the central government done any study to back this need less to say facts on the ground paint a totally different story over the years the state has compromised on its educational standards by adopting the unscrupulous practice of giving pass marks to all who sit for exams the claims about total primary education also ignore the vital aspect of dropout rates in the sector the letter said quoting extensively from reports by government agencies and news reports muraleedharan said education of tribal children was facing a big challenge as most of the students in the rolls never makes it into to class rooms it is also worth mentioning that despite the tall claims a majority of the students suffer from the inability to handle their mother tongue malayalam a majority of them cannot write the language without making mistakes and this reflects the sad state of primary education in the state in the light of these facts i humbly request you to seek explanations from the state government to understand the basis on which it has arrived at the doubtful conclusions before endorsing it the letter said