KAT stays order on promotion
The Hindu
Elevation of unqualified persons as head teachers
The Ernakulam Additional Bench of the Kerala Administrative Tribunal (KAT), Thiruvananthapuram, on Wednesday stayed an order of the Principal Secretary, General Education, allowing promotion of unqualified persons “in public interest” as head teachers in government primary schools in the State.
The stay order is also applicable to a letter sent by the Principal Secretary to the Director General of Education (DGE) and a circular issued by the DGE to all educational officers calling for appointment of head teachers only on seniority basis. The Bench directed the Principal Secretary, the DGE, and the Deputy Director of Education, and District Education Officer, Kozhikode, to give “preferential appointment” to qualified teachers as head teachers where the post had become vacant after May 31, 2019, if there is any “extreme emergency” and “public interest”.