Five years after Kerala High Court ruling, English teachers await permanent high school appointments
Kerala high school English teachers are protesting the government's failure to create permanent teaching positions despite a 2021 High Court directive. PSC rank-holders face the expiration of their eligibility lists while schools continue to rely on temporary daily-wage staff.
Why it matters
This highlights a significant gap between judicial mandates and administrative implementation in the Indian education sector, affecting both job security for teachers and the quality of language instruction.
Five years since the Kerala High Court directive to create a cadre of high school English teachers, the government has not budged on making permanent teacher appointments.
Kerala Public Service Commission (PSC) rank-holders allege their lists, even the ones extended by the United Democratic Front government, will expire soon. The rank-holders’ list for Kottayam expires next month, followed by the one in Malappuram district. In Idukki and Ernakulam, the lists will expire in November.
It was in 2021 that the High Court directed the government to consider English as a language subject instead of a core subject and determine teaching posts based on periods. This came to one English teacher post for 15 periods a week.
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