A.R. Lakshmanan, J.

1. Government of Kerala issued GO. (MS) No. 162/98/G.Edn. dated 13-5-1998, an order regarding opening of Higher Secondary Schools for the year 1998-99. In the said Government Order, a method is prescribed for appointment of higher secondary school teachers in Government Higher Secondary Schools and Aided Higher Secondary Schools. It is provided that 25% of the vacancies will be reserved for appointment from qualified High School Assistants and Primary School teachers and the remaining 75% of posts in Government schools will be filled up by direct recruitment through Public Service Commission. Appointment to the 75% vacancies earmarked for direct recruitment in the Aided Higher Secondary Schools will be done by the management. If qualified teachers are not available for appointment as mentioned above, the management will fill up such vacancies also by direct recruitment. Selection of candidates for direct recruitment in Aided Higher Secondary Schools will be done by a Staff Selection Committee consisting of the Manager or his representative, the Principal of the School and the government nominee from a panel of officers consisting of the Deputy Director of Education, the District Educational Officer of the area and the DIET Principal of the district. The management can select the nominee from among the officers. The above officers are permitted to attend the Staff Selection Committee meeting without further sanction. It is useful to reproduce the above Government Order:

GOVERNMENT OF KERALA

Abstract

Higher Secondary Education - Opening of Higher Secondary Schools for 1998-99 Sanctioned orders issued.

GENERAL EDUCATION (T) DEPARTMENT

GO (MS) No. 162/98/G.Edn. Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 13-5-1998

Read: 1. Notification No. 11042/T2/97G.Edn. dated 2-4-1997

2. GO. (MS) No. 204/97/G.Edn. dated 12-6-1997.

ORDER

As per the G. O. read as second above, Government have published a provisional list of Government and aided schools in which Higher Secondary courses are proposed to be started in the year 1998-99. It was also ordered that the facilities available in the above schools will be verified. It was further ordered that after scrutinising the verification reports and satisfying the infrastructure available in each school, Government will notify the final list of schools and courses to be offered in each school from 1998-99 onwards. Accordingly, as authorised in GO. (RT) No. 631/98/GE dated 13-2-98 the Deputy Directors, Education, verified the facilities available in these schools and submitted their reports.

Government after considering the reports of the Deputy Directors, are pleased to sanction Higher Secondary courses in 95 Government Schools and 178 Aided Schools as detailed in the annexure to this order. The above schools are sanctioned Higher Secondary courses on the subjects noted against the name of each school subject to the following conditions:

The schools will be permitted to open Standard XI during the academic year 1998-99.

ii) The last date for students to submit their application form will be 30th June 1998.

2. The posts of Higher Secondary School teachers in Government Higher Secondary Schools and Aided Higher Secondary Schools will be filled up as follows:

i. 25% vacancies will be reserved for appointment from qualified High School Assistants and Primary School Teachers.

ii. The remaining 7.5% of posts in Government school will be filled up by direct recruitment through the Public Service Commission. In the absence of select list with the Public Service Commission the vacancies will be filled up by candidates from Employment Exchange. Should there be shortage of suitable candidates from the Employment Exchange, Guest Lecturers may be appointed as is done in colleges. The selection of Employment Exchange candidates will be done by Director of Higher Secondary Education and that of the Guest Lecturers will be done by the concerned Deputy Director, Educ