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- The Kerala Cabinet has extended the validity of 18 Public Service Commission rank lists for teacher appointments in government schools by six months, covering lists due to expire between September and November.
- Rank holders and some teachers' bodies, including the Kerala Pradesh School Teachers' Association, welcomed the move as relief for candidates facing delays.
- However, Left-affiliated groups like the KSTA and AKSTU criticised it, arguing that posts are not being created, so extensions alone will not lead to actual appointments.
- They are demanding a reduction in the teacher-student ratio to generate new posts.
What to watch next
- Whether the government sanctions additional teacher posts after staff fixation, as rank holders are demanding
- Any action on reducing the teacher-student ratio to create new posts, as KSTA and AKSTU demand
- How many actual appointments result from the extended rank lists
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Named India · AKSTU · KSTA · All Kerala School Teachers' Union · B. Sunil Kumar · Kerala Pradesh School Teachers' Association · O.K. Jayakrishnan · Public Service Commission · Swathi G. · T.K.A. Shafi · UDF government
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