Kerala Education Rules, 1959 (KER)
(1) After the publication of the final list of the areas where 1[new school of any or all grades] are to be opened or 2[existing Lower Primary Schools or Upper Primary schools or both] are to be upgraded the Director shall, by a notification in the Gazette 3[x x x x] call for applications for the opening of 1[ New schools of any or all grades] and for raising of the grade of 2[existing Lower Primary Schools or Upper Primary Schools or both] in the areas specified.
(2) Applications for opening of new schools or for raising of grade of existing schools shall be submitted only in response to the notification published by the Director. Applications received otherwise shall not be considered. The applications shall be submitted to the District Educational Officer of the area concerned in form No. 1 with 4 copies of the application and enclosures 4[within one month from the date of publication of the notification und
If permission to open new school is obtained by false declaration, it will be open to Government or any officer authorised by Government in this behalf to withdraw the recognition and the permission granted for the opening of the school.]
(1) If any of the conditions prescribed in Rule 17 is not satisfied a temporary recognition for one year at a time may be granted by the District Educational Officer. Previous approval of the Director shall be obtained to accord temporary recognition beyond three years. Permanent recognition shall be granted to the schools satisfying all the prescribed conditions.
(2) Recognition shall be granted from the date of opening of schools or of the additional standards or from the date of expiry of temporary recognition if the application has been made within the period specified in sub-rule (a) of Rule 16 or the delay in submitting application for recognition has been condoned in the manner laid down in sub-rule (b) of Rule 16. In all other cases recognition shall be granted from the date of application for recognition:
Provided that it shall be competent for the District Educational Officer to grant recognition to primary and secondary schools and standards deemed as provis
Any person aggrieved by an order of the District Educational Officer refusing to grant recognition to, or withdrawing the recognition of a school, may within thirty days from the date of the order, appeal to the Director]*
Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, the Government may, on their own motion or otherwise, after calling for the records of the case, revise any order passed by any subordinate authority in respect of matters contained in this Chapter and in doing so may--
(a) confirm, modify or set aside the order
(b) remit the case to the authority, which made the order or to any other authority directing such further action or inquiry as they consider proper in the circumstances of the case; or
(c) pass such other order as they deem fit:
Provided that before passing an order under this rule, the Government shall give to the Educational Agency, concerned a reasonable opportunity to show cause why such order should not be passed and shall consider its explanations and objections, if any].
The Director may with the permission of the Government sanction bifurcation of an existing school (Government or private) into Boy's and Girl's Schools or allow the separation of the Lower Primary Section or the Upper Primary Section or both from a school and allow independent Lower Primary or Upper Primary Schools to be established instead.]
Notwithstanding anything contained in Rules 9 and 10 the Director 2[x x x x] may for valid and sufficient reasons to be recorded in writing grant exemption from minimum age in the matter of admission to children of employees of Central Government working in the State of Kerala, or to the children of the Central Government Employees who have retired from the service of the Central Government and settled in the State of Kerala, provided their children had their studies previously in schools outside the State of Kerala.]
A pupil admitted to any Standard, if subsequently found to be under aged for admission to that standard, he/she shall not be promoted from the standard in which he/she is studying at the time of detection of the irregular admission till he/she attains the age prescribed for the standard to which he/she is to be promoted and the promotions shall be effected only along with the other pupils provided he/she is otherwise eligible for promotion.]
2[Provided that nothing in this rule shall apply to pupils admitted to any Standard--
(i) before the school year 1973-74, or
(ii) in relaxation of the minimum age rule granted by competent authority].
Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, a pupil has completed the S. S. L.C. course or failed in the S. S. L. C. Examination may be re-admitted in Standard X if he has participated in the National school Games and Sports Meet and won first or second or third place in any event in school year immediately preceding the year of readmission. But no such pupil shall be given readmission to Standard X for more than two consecutive school years].
A Certificate in the form given below may be issued by the Headmaster 3[or Headmistress or Vice-Principal or Principal as the case may be] of the school to any pupil who left/leaves the school before appearing for the S. S. L. C. Examination. The Certificate shall be issued only on application and on remittance of a fee of rupees ten into Government treasury and production of the chalan receipt thereof]
2[Provided that the daughters of widows need not pay the prescribed fee for the certificate, if it is to be produced along with the application for financial assistance for their marriage. The Headmaster 3[or Headmistress or Vice-Principal or Principal as the case may be] shall mention in such certificate that the same is issued for the purpose of applying for financial assistance for marriage.]
CERTIFICATE OF SCHOOL EDUCATION
This is to certify that *......................son/daughter of.....................was a pupil of
The maximum strength of a class division 3[in standards IX and X] shall be 45, but excess admission up to 50 will be allowed. When there are more than 50 students a second division may be opened, when the strength exceeds 95 a third division, and so on].
2[Provided that the Educational Officer, may, for sufficient reasons allow retention of excess strength over 50 in a class division.]
The teacher-pupil ratio for standards I to VIII shall be as specified in the SCHEDULE to the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (Central Act 35 of 2009).]
(1) The Director* and the District Educational Officer so far as the Educational District is concerned may for adequate reasons declare any day as a special holiday for any or all schools.
(2) The Headmaster 3[or Headmistress or Vice-Principal or Principal as the case may be] of the School may for adequate reasons declare any day as a special holiday for the school and report the fact to the District Educational Officer provided the deficiency in the number of working days is made good by working on any other day.
2[(2A) Headmaster 3[Headmistress, Vice-Principal, Principal] and non-teaching staff of school shall attend office on special holidays declared under sub-rules (1) and (2)].
(3) Schools in which the majority of the staff or pupils are muslims may have Fridays as holidays instead of Saturdays which may be working days. In schools in which Fridays are not made holidays, the noon interval on Friday shall be two hours from
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The Management of a recognised school shall realize necessary fee from pupils for running the school.]
Any person employed as a teacher in a school shall not be eligible to continue as a teacher if he;
(i) is remuneratively employed in any profession other than teaching or undertakes any occasional remunerative extra work not specially permitted by the Rules, without the sanction of the Department;
(ii) has been convicted of any offence involving moral turpitude;
(iii) is physically unfit to serve efficiently as a teacher or is suffering from any contagious or communicable disease during the period he is so unfit or suffering;
(iv) has been removed permanently from the Register of qualified teachers maintained under Rules previously in force;
(v) behaves towards his pupils, their parents, the Headmaster 1[or Headmistress or Vice- Principal or Principal], the Manager, or any Educational Officer or towards anybody in any manner grossly unbecoming of a teacher;
(vi) refuses to obey orders communicated to him by the officers of the Dep
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(i) Teachers who have opted to continue under the rules in Chapter XIV (B) and who have not attained the age of 55 on 30-6-1969 shall be given a further option to come over to rules in this chapter. Those who re-opt from the rules under Chapter XIV (B) to the rules in this chapter shall retire on completion of 55 years of age.
(ii) The option shall be exercised within three months from 30-6-1969].
Notwithstanding anything contained in rules 2, 2A and 2B teachers who have opted to continue under the rules in Chapter XIV (B) and who have not attained the age of 55 may opt to the rules in this Chapter at any time. Option once exercised shall be final. Those who opt to be governed by the rules in this Chapter shall not be entitled for any arrears of salary on account of such re-option].
No teacher shall except with the previous sanction of Government, engage directly or indirectly in any trade or business or undertake any employment;
Provided that a teacher may, without such sanction undertake honorary work of a social or charitable nature or occasional work of a literary, artistic or scientific character subject to the condition that his duties do not thereby suffer; but he shall not undertake or shall discontinue, such work if so directed by the Government;
Provided further that a teacher may, without such sanction undertake work connected with examination (including examinership) conducted by Universities, Public Service Commission and other Examining bodies under the State Government or Central Government or by the London Chamber of Commerce, and accept the remuneration therefore on condition that such work does not interfere with his normal duties; but he shall not undertake more than three examinership in a year.
Explanation.-- Can
No teacher shall publish any book without obtaining the previous permission of the Government. The 1[Director] is authorised to exercise this power in respect of teachers. He may refer any case to Government for advice or orders if he consider such a course desirable. The following conditions shall be imposed whenever permission is granted--
(1) that the work connected with the publication of the book does not interfere with the normal duties of the author;
(2) that the author does not canvass in support of the sale of copies of the book;
(3) that while giving the description of the author on the title page or else where, care is taken to make it clear that the work is not officially sponsored.
(4) that an introduction is included in the book explaining the school, in which the author is working or was working while writing the book and that it is not an official publication.
(5) that the designation of the author does not appear on the
A teacher shall avoid habitual indebtedness. If a teacher is adjudged or declared an insolvent, or has incurred debts aggregating to a sum which in ordinary circumstances he could not repay within a period of two years or if a part of his salary is frequently attached for debt, has been continuously so attached for a period of two years he should be presumed to have contravened this Rule and is liable to be removed from service provided that such removal will not ordinarily result in the forfeiture of the pension which the person concerned would then be entitled to under the Rules had he been invalidated from service. But he need not be so deemed if he proves that the insolvency or indebtedness is the result of circumstances which, with the exercise of ordinary deligence he could not have foreseen or over which he had no control and had not proceeded from extravagant or dissipated habits. The burden of proving such special circumstances will always be upon the teacher concerned.
A teacher who applies to be or is adjudged or declared insolvent shall forthwith report his insolvency to the head of the school or Educational Officer.
On receipt of information that a teacher has been declared an insolvent or that his salary is being continuously attached as contemplated in Rule 30 the Headmaster 1[or Headmistress or Vice-Principal or Principal as the case may be] shall communicate the fact forthwith to the Educational Officer for such action as may be called for under Rule 30 above.
The plea that the insolvency or indebtedness has been caused by standing security for other persons shall in no case be accepted as an excuse for abating the action under these Rules.
A teacher who has been removed from service from an aided school on account of insolvency shall not be eligible for re-employment in any branch of public service or in aided school.
Teachers are permitted to contribute articles of a scientific, literary or technical character to any journal, magazine or similar publication, provided that such article does not reveal any information of a confidential nature and that the publication will not in any way embarrass the administration.
No teacher shall except with and during the continuance of previous sanction of Government own wholly or in part, or conduct or participate in the editing or management of any newspaper or other periodical publication. Such sanction will only be given in the case of newspapers or publications mainly devoted to the discussion of topics not of a political character such for instance, as art, science or literature. The sanction is liable to be withdrawn at the discretion of Government.
No teachers shall without the previous sanction of Government, in any manner give aid or participate in the editing, publishing or management of any publication which contains commercial advertisements or shall become a member of any group of teachers or Government servants which brings out such publication]
No teacher shall approach any member of the Legislature with a view to having any grievance made the subject matter of interpellations or discussion in the Legislature. Any such disclosure will be liable for disciplinary action.
Subject to the provisions of any law for the time being in force relating to election to Parliament, State Legislature and Local Bodies :-
(a) No teacher shall, by any utterance, writing or otherwise discuss or criticise in public or at any meeting or association or body, any policy pursued or action taken by Government nor shall he in any manner participate in such discussion or criticism;
Provided that nothing contained in this Rule shall be deemed to prohibit a teacher from participating in discussion at any private meeting solely of teachers, in aided schools or of any recognised association of teachers, of matters of academic nature and matters which affect the personal interests of such teachers individually, or generally.
Explanation.-- Nothing contained in this Rule shall be construed to limit or abridge the power of Government requiring any teacher to publish and explain any policy or action of Government in such manner as may appear to them to
No teacher shall engage himself or participate in any demonstration which is prejudicial to the interest of the sovereignty and integrity of India, the security of State, friendly relations with foreign States, public order, decency or morality or which involves contempt of court, defamation or incitement to an offence.
No aided school teacher shall engage himself in anti secular activities which tend to create communal disharmony.
Note:-- The provisions under this rule shall apply mutatis mutandis to all categories of aided school teachers and non-teaching staff irrespective of their option to Chapters XIV (B) or XIV (C) or XXIV (A) or XXIV (B), as the case may be.]
Publication of documents and communication to the press in the name of teachers and public speeches:- No teacher shall, in any document published by him or in any communication made by him to the press or in any public utterance delivered by him, make any statement of fact or opinion which is capable of embarrassing:--
(a) the relation between the Government and the people or any section thereof;
(b) the relation between the Government and the Government of India; and
(c) the relation between the Government and any other Indian State or any foreign country.
A teacher who intends to publish any document or to make any communication to the Press or to deliver any public utterance containing statements in respect of which any doubt as to the application of the restrictions imposed by Rule 40 may arise, shall submit to Government a copy or draft of the document which he intends to publish or of the utterance which he intends to deliver and shall thereafter act in accordance with such orders as may be passed by Government.
No teacher shall give evidence before a public committee except with the previous sanction of Government.
No teacher giving such evidence shall criticise the policy or decisions of the Government or any other Government provided that expressions of opinion by a teacher on purely academic matters shall not be construed as criticism.
Rule 42 and 43 do not apply to evidence given before statutory committees which have power to compel attendance and the giving of answers nor to evidence given in judicial enquiries.
No teacher shall take part in or in any way assist any movement or activity which is or tends directly or indirectly to be subversive of Government as by law established nor shall he permit any member of his family to do so.
Explanation:-- A teacher shall be deemed to have permitted a person to take part in or assist a movement or activity within the meaning of the above Rule, if he has not taken precaution and done everything in his power to prevent such person so acting, or if, when he knows or has reason to suspect that such person is so acting, he does not at once inform the Government or the Educational Officer.
Seditious propaganda or the expression of disloyal sentiments by a teacher will be regarded as sufficient ground for dispensing with his services.
A teacher proposing to take part in a non official conference or meeting held in any place in the Kerala State must obtain the prior sanction of the Government:--
Provided that such sanction shall not be necessary in respect of conferences in which a teacher may participate in the course of duty or conferences convened to discuss academic, scientific, technical, literary, religious, or similar subjects and participation there in is not likely to embarrass Government in his relationship with the public in any manner. In cases of doubt the teacher should apply to Government and obtain orders.
Vindication of acts and character of teachers as such :- No teacher shall except with the previous sanction of Government have recourse to any court or the press for the vindication of his official acts or character from defamatory attacks.
Nothing in this Rule shall derogate from the right of a teacher to vindicate his private acts or character.
No teacher shall, except with the previous sanction of Government, accept from any person or body of persons compensation of any kind for any malicious prosecution brought against him or any defamatory attacks made on his public acts or character unless such compensation has been awarded by a competent court.
No teacher shall join or continue to be a member of, an Association the objects or activities of which are prejudicial to the interests of the sovereignty and integrity of India or public order or morality.
(a) Conditions for recognition--
(1) No association of teachers or association purporting to represent teachers or any class thereof shall be recognised unless it satisfies the following conditions, namely:--
(i) The Association must ordinarily consist of a distinct class of teachers 1A[and must represent not less than 25(Percentage) of the total strength of that class]
1[Note.-- (1) The Director will satisfy himself about the prescribed minimum representative strength and report to Government, while forwarding the application from Service Association for grant of recognition.]
2[Note.-- (2) The following group of teachers in the School Education Department will be treated as distinct classes for the purpose of the above rule.
Secondary Schools:--
1. 2A[Headmasters and Headmistresses and Headmasters and Headmistresses designated as Vice-Pri
Any class of teachers who desire to organise themselves into an Association for the purpose of safeguarding their conditions of service and to make representation to Government on service matters shall apply to Government through the Director 1[x x x x] for recognition of the Association along with a copy of the draft rules. The rules of the Association shall conform to the conditions prescribed in Rule 51 and in addition shall specifically provide that the Association shall not resort to any strike or other activities calculated to paralyse or embarrass Government. Government may suggest such changes in the rules as may be deemed necessary and on their incorporation the Association may be granted recognition.
Government shall withdraw the recognition granted to any Association if it violates any of the conditions prescribed for its recognition or if it resorts to any strike or activities calculated to paralyse or embarrass Government.
No teacher shall direct or attempt to bring any political or other outside influence to bear upon any superior authority for the furtherance of his interest. The penalty for the contravention of this Rule shall be the withholding of promotion from him either permanently or for such period as the competent authority may determine.
Explanation.-- A teacher causing his own case to be made the subject of an interpellation in the legislature contravenses this Rule.
No teacher shall deliver a broadcast talk at a Broadcasting Station on any subject without the previous permission of the 1[Deputy Director (Education)] 2[or such other officer authorised by the Government]. A teacher who is invited or who wishes to deliver a broadcast talk shall intimate to the 1[Deputy Director (Education)] through the proper channel, the subject on which he proposes to talk and if it is a subject directly or indirectly connected with his official duties or if so required, shall submit the full text of the talk for their approval before it is delivered.
The provision of Rule 55 do not in any way prevent the acceptance of engagements by teachers from a Broadcasting Station of the All India Radio for music or other similar performances, school broadcast programmes and the remuneration therefore.
1[Deputy Director (Education)] 2[or such other officer authorised by the Government] may refer any case to Government for orders if he considers such a course desirable.
No teacher shall engage himself in any strike or incitement thereto or in any similar activities. Concerted or organised refusal on the part of teachers to receive their pay will entail severe disciplinary action.
When a teacher is suspended, he must give his address to the Head of his office and if he is himself the Head of an office, to the Educational officer and Manager, he must also give his address to the officer, if any, holding an enquiry into his conduct.
It shall be the duty of every teacher who consults a Medical Practitioner with a view to obtaining leave or an extension of leave on medical certificate to disclose to that practitioner the fact of his having consulted any other practitioner for the same purpose and the result of such consultation. Omission on the part of the teacher to do this or any false statement made by him to a medical practitioner in this respect will entail disciplinary action.
No teacher shall except by endorsement on a written application submitted by a duly qualified candidate officially through him recommend to any selecting, appointing or promoting authority or to any individual who is a member of any such authority or of its staff, any candidate for any post under the service of Government.
The premature resignation from the school entails forfeiture of past service and of any retiring allowance to which the teacher who prematurely resigns would otherwise have been eligible.
(i) No teacher who has a wife living shall contract another marriage without first obtaining the permission of the Government, notwithstanding that such subsequent marriage is permissible under personal law for the time being applicable to him.
(ii) No woman teacher shall marry any person who has a wife living without first obtaining the permission of the Government.
Subject to the provisions of any law relating to intoxicating drinks or drugs for the time being in force in any area no teacher shall:--
(a) while on duty, be under the influence of such drinks or drugs; or
(b) appear in a public place in a state of intoxication; or
(c) habitually use such drinks or drugs to excess.
It is improper for a teacher who makes any representation to Government through the official channel to approach the Governor or the Ministers with advance copies thereof or with personal representations.
Provided that a teacher who has not received any reply to a representation made to the appropriate authority within three months, may make a written representation to Government with a copy of the representation sent to the appropriate authority and with a statement that no reply has been received to that representation.
If any question arises relating to the interpretation of these Rules, it shall be referred to the Government whose decision thereon shall be final.
The Government may, by general or special order, direct that any power exercisable by it under these Rules (except the powers under Rule 66 and this Rule) shall subject to such conditions, if any, as may be specified in the order, be exercisable also by such officer or authority as may be specified in the order.
1[The Secretary shall present annually, before the 1st day of March every year, to the Government a report as to the advice tendered to the Government on matters coming before the Board during the previous year and the Government shall within six months from the date of receipt of such report, cause a copy thereof, together with a memorandum explaining in respect of the matters, if any, where the advice of the Board was not accepted, the reason for such non-acceptance, to be laid before the Legislative Assembly]
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2[(1) 2A[Subject to Rules 43, 51A and 51B of Chapter XIVA the post of Lower Primary School Assistant] and Upper Primary School Assistant sanctioned additionally as per item(iii) of clause (b) of rule 1 and item (iv) of rule 5 of Chapter XXIII, shall be filled up by the manager by appointing teachers from among the list of protected teachers maintained under the Teachers Bank, with the permission of the Deputy Director (Education) concerned.
(2) 2A[Subject to Rules 43, 51A and 51B of Chapter XIVA the additional posts], irrespective of category, on staff fixation shall be filled up by the manager by appointing teachers from among the list of protected teachers in the Teachers Bank, with the permission of the Deputy Director (Education) concerned and by appointing teachers otherwise than from the Teachers Bank in the ratio 1:1 respectively.
2B[(3)(a) Subject to Rules 43, 51A and 51B of Chapter XIVA, in the schools opened or
Notwithstanding anything contained in these Rules the course of studies in schools with standards I to XII in force on the date of publication of these Rules shall also continue upto the end of 1961 and references to Standards IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and XI in these Rules in their application to the said course shall be construed as references respectively to Standards IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI and XII of the said course.
The strength of teaching staff of Lower Primary schools shall be fixed in accordance with the following principles:--
(a) in every school working on shift system there shall be--
(i) one post of Headmaster; and
(ii) the number of Lower Primary School Assistants shall be equal to one half of the number total number of divisions in the standards working on shift system reduced by one, fraction, if any, being counted as one plus the number of divisions in standards working on non-shift basis.
(b) In schools which do not work on shift system, there shall be--
(i) One post of Headmaster; and
(ii) As many posts of Lower Primary School Assistants as the number of class divisions reduced by one.
2[(iii) Subject to item (i) and (ii), if the strength of pupils in a Lower Primary School having Standards I to IV or I to V, exceeds 150, one post of Lower Primary School Assistant shall be sanctioned addition
Notwithstanding anything contained in any other rule in this Chapter no post of Specialist Teacher shall be allowed to continue in any Lower Primary School or Lower Primary Section of Upper Primary or High School except for the continuance of the qualified teachers who were actually holding the said post on the Sixth day of March, 1979.
Provided that the Specialist Teachers appointed in Lower Primary Schools or Lower Primary Sections of Upper Primary Schools or High Schools after the 6th day of March, 1979 and whose appointments were approved shall be allowed to continue as such till their retirement, resignation, death or transfer and the posts of such Specialist Teachers shall be allowed to continue for their such continuance till they vacate the posts.
(1) In Lower Primary School if Arabic is introduced in Std. I, a post of Arabic Language teacher may be sanctioned if the number of 1B[x x x x] pupils studying Arabic is not less than 10 and the post shall be allowed to continue 2[if the strength of the 1B[x x x x] pupils studying Arabic in Standard I continues to be not less than 10 or] if there is an average of 7 1B[x x x x] pupils in one Standard or an aggregate of 28 1B[x x x x] pupils in all the four Standards to study Arabic, the post shall be sanctioned either as part-time or full time as per Rule 7].
3[Provided that if the average strength of 1B[x x x x] pupils studying Arabic is less than 7, the post shall only be part time]
4[(2) In Lower Primary Schools, posts of Arabic Language Teachers may be sanctioned as shown below subject to the restrictions specified in sub-rule (1) above.
No. of periods per week &nbs
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other rule in this Chapter except sub-rule (2) hereunder no post of Specialist Teacher or Craft Teacher shall be allowed to continue in any Upper Primary School or Upper Primary Section of a High School except for the continuance of the qualified teachers who were actually holding the said post on the 6th day of March, 1979.
Provided that the Specialist Teachers appointed in Upper Primary Schools or Upper Primary Sections of High Schools after the 2["6th day of March, 1979 but before the 22nd day of August, 1989"] and whose appointments were approved shall be allowed to continue as such till their retirement, resignation, death or transfer and the post of such Specialist Teachers shall be allowed to continue for their such continuance till they vacate the posts.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in Rule 7 or any other rule in this Chapter no post of Specialist Teacher shall be allowed to continue in any Uppe
1[In an Upper Primary School or Upper Primary Section of High School, where any of the languages other than regional languages or mother tongue is first introduced in Standard V there shall be not less than 2[12 pupils] learning the language in that Standard. When once it is introduced in Standard V there shall be at least half the number of pupils to learn that language in Standard VI or the total number 2[in Standards V, VI and VII] shall not be less than 30. But nothing in these rules will apply to posts already sanctioned against which qualified teachers are working.
(i) In High Schools having all or any of the Standards VIII to X only, posts of language teachers may be sanctioned as shown below subject to the restrictions specified in rule 6E.
Languages (Arabic, Hindi, 1[Urdu] and Sanskrit)
No. of Periods per week No. of posts and nature of posts
4 and above but below 15 1 Part time.
15 and above but below 29 1 Full time
29 and above but below 54 2 Full time
54 and above but below 79 and so on 3 Full time
Other Languages : (Hebrew, French, Latin, Malayalam etc.)
5 and above but below 15 1 Part time.
15 and above but below 30 1 Full time
30 and above but below 55 2 Full t
In High School having all or any of the Standards VIII to X, if any one of the languages other than regional languages or mother tongue is first introduced there shall be at least not less than 1[10] pupils learning the language in Standard VIII. When once it is introduced in Standard VIII, there shall be at least half the number of pupils to learn that language in Standard IX or the total number of pupils 2[in Standards VIII, IX and X] together shall not be less than 1[25] But nothing in these rules will apply to posts already sanctioned against which qualified teachers are working.
Subject to the restrictions specified in rule 6G below, posts for Languages in High Schools with Upper Primary Section attached may be sanctioned as specified herein.
(i) One full time post for every 25 periods of work per week taking High School Section and Upper Primary Section separately.
(ii) After sanctioning full-time posts as specified in sub-rule (i) the left over periods in both the sections may be combined and posts may be sanctioned as indicated below:--
1[(a) If on combination the number of left over periods in the High School section and Upper Primary sections together is 25 or above but below 2[29] in the case of Hindi, Arabic, 3[Urdu] and Sanskrit and below 2[30] in the case of other language except Regional Languages, one full time post in the High School Section may be sanctioned, provided that the number of left over periods in the High School section is 4 or above in the case of Hindi, Arab
In High School with U. P. section attached, if any one of the Languages other than regional language or mother tongue is introduced in Standard V or Standard VIII there shall be 2[not less than 12 pupils learning the language in Standard V and not less than 10 pupils learning the language in Standard VIII]. When once it is introduced in Standard V or Standard VIII there shall be at least half the number of pupils to learn that language in Standard VI or Standard IX or 2[the total number of pupils to learn that language in Standards V, VI & VII, together shall not be less than 30 and in Standard VIII, IX and X together shall not be less than 25] 3[But nothing in these rules shall apply to posts already sanctioned against which qualified teachers are working].
The total effective strength of pupils studying a particular language other than the regional language shall be calculated on the basis of the total number of pupils in all the divisions in a standard in a school and the number of divisions may be arrived at as per the maximum strength provided for in rule 23 of Chapter VI.
Notwithstanding anything contained in any other rule in this Chapter the post of High School Assistant (English) shall be sanctioned on the basis of the periods allocated to English, observing minimum subject requirement.
Note:-- Subject to any general order that may be issued by the Government, the above rule shall be implemented in a phased manner without causing retrenchment of existing High School Assistants (core subjects) as on 7th January, 2002, and observing the minimum subject requirement.]
1. Calculation of periods for sanctioning of posts of teachers for regional languages shall be made based on the effective strength of pupils studying that language in all the divisions of the standard in a high school.
2. The effective strength for the purpose of sub-rule (1) shall be calculated on the basis of the total number of:--
(a) pupils studying that language as Part I and Part II First Language and
(b) pupils studying that language as Part II only.]
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(1) The District Educational Officer shall scrutinise all orders passed by the Assistant Educational Officer in regard to fixation of staff strength in Primary Schools 4[through web portal 'SAMANWAYA'] and may revise such of the orders as are found necessary. Such revision orders shall be passed before the end of August every year and forward copy of such orders to the 2[Deputy Director (Education)] and the Manager/3[Headmaster/Headmistress/Vice-principal].
(2) The 2[Deputy Director (Education)] shall scrutinise all orders passed by the District Educational Officer in regard to the fixation of staff strength in High and Training Schools 4[through 'SAMANWAYA'] and may revise such of the orders as are found necessary. Such revision orders shall be passed before the end of August every year and forward copy of such orders to the Director and the Manager/3[Headmaster/Headmistress/Vice-principal]. The 2[D
(1) The Manager of a school shall have a right of appeal to the *[Deputy Director (Education)] concerned against the order of Assistant Educational Officer or District Educational Officer, as the case may be.
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(2) No appeal preferred under these rules shall be entertained unless it is preferred within 15 days from the date of receipt of the order appealed against:
Provided that the appellate authority may entertain the appeal after the expiry of the said period, if he is satisfied that the appellant has sufficient cause for not submitting the appeal in time.
(3) If the appellate authority restores the post disallowed by the Educational Officer against which qualified teachers had been working, such posts shall be deemed to have been sanctioned from the 2[15th of July]. In cases where the appellate authority allows the additional posts which are to be filled up by transfer of excess hands from other schools under
1[(1) A revision shall lie to the **Director 4[x x x x] against the orders of the *Deputy Directors (Education) passed under this chapter.
(2) No revision preferred under this chapter shall be entertained unless it is preferred within 30 days of the date of receipt of the order appealed against:
Provided that the revisional authority may entertain the revision after the expiry of the said period, if he is satisfied that the revision petitioner has sufficient cause for not submitting the revision in time.
Provided further that an order affecting the interest of a person shall not be passed under this rule unless the revision petitioner concerned has been given an opportunity of making any representation which he may wish to make against such orders.
2[(3) The Director may on his own motion 3[or on the basis of the report of the authorised officer under rule 16 including the evidence and other details, if any, col
1[Notwithstanding anything contained in this chapter, the Government may, at any time, on their own motion or otherwise, after calling for the records of the case revise any order passed by the Director 4[x x x x].]
Notwithstanding anything contained in rule 12 of this Chapter 1A[x x x x], Government may by 1B[order], extend the strength of teaching and non-teaching staff already sanctioned in the schools for the last year to subsequent year or years.
Note:- While extending the strength of teaching and non-teaching staff under rule 14 A, the educational officer concerned shall verify the U.I.D. (Unique Identification Number Data) based on sixth working day strength of pupils from Standard I to VIII of every school and if a school is found requiring more teachers for the current year than the last year, so as to maintain the Pupil Teacher Ratio in terms of section 25 of The Right of Children to Free and compulsory) Education Act, 2009 (Central Act 35 of 2009), he/she shall report the requirement of such additional teachers to the manager and the Deputy Director (Education) concerned. Thereupon, the manager shall appoint the required number of teachers from amo
In cases where the fixation of staff strength in schools is revised by the Director of Public Instruction or by the Educational Officers concerned under rule 12E or rule 15 as the case may be after September, an allowance for a fall of 10(Percentage) in the effective strength only to support the first verification of staff strength shall be allowed.
2[x x x x]]
Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, any Officer authorised by the Government in this behalf shall, for the purpose of checking the staff fixation proceedings made by the Educational Officers, enter any school, or any office under the Education Department, call for the relevant records and make enquiries to find out whether any irregularity has been committed in staff fixation. In the course of the said enquiry the authorised Officer can inspect schools, verify the strength of pupils, check the area of class-rooms, call for records from 2[Headmasters/Headmistresses/Vice-Principals as the case may be], Managers and Educational Officers and do such other acts as may be deemed necessary. As soon as the enquiry is over the authorised officer shall send a detailed report thereon to the Director 3[x x x x] for appropriate action in the matter.] 4[The Super Check Officer or Authorized Officer shall conduct such checking at any time during the
When the creation of a new post or holding of a post through bogus admission or forged attendance is detected on a verification conducted by the Educational Officer or Deputy Director, Education or Super Check Officer or Director or any other officer authorised by the Government, the pecuniary loss caused to the Government on account of the creation or holding of such posts shall be fully recovered from the teacher in charge of the class, Headmaster or Headmistress or Vice-Principal, as the case may be, or Manager or Educational Officers concerned who are responsible for the same and disciplinary action shall also be initiated against the concerned.]
The rules in Chapter XXVII A relating to pension except rules 8 shall mutatis mutandis apply to the non- teaching staff also who have opted for these rules.]
The rules regarding declaration of probation, departmental test qualification and increment as applicable to non - teaching staffs in Government schools for the time being in force, shall mutatis mutandis apply to non - teaching staffs in aided schools].
Notwithstanding anything contained in rule 6, fifty per cent of the seats in Aided Training Schools, belonging to minority communities shall be filled up from among the students belonging to the minority community concerned, on the basis of the inter-se merit arrived at in accordance with the marks obtained in the following manner, namely:--
| (a) | marks obtained in the qualifying examination | 80(percentage) |
| (b) | marks obtained in the interview | 10(percentage) |
| (c) | proved ability in sports and games and achievements in Youth Festival in the following order of Priority | |
| All India level State level |
The Director 3[x x x x] may in consultation with the Public Service Commission lay down the procedure for selection of candidates 2[in cases where the selection is to be made by the selection committees].
1[(1) In any year, if admission of candidates to the first year Teacher's Training Course is found necessary on the basis of teachers requirements, the Director may, by notification, fix the date of the beginning of admission of candidates and no admission shall be made prior to the date so fixed.
(2) Admission to a Training School shall be closed within two weeks of the re-opening day and no trainee shall be admitted there after without the previous sanction of the District Educational Officer.
If any person selected for training does not join the training School before the expiry of the two weeks from the re-opening day the fact shall immediately be reported by the Headmaster to the District Educational Officer concerned so that such vacancies may be filled up otherwise.
If a teacher in service who has been selected for training is unable to undergo the training he may apply to the District Educational Officer for exemption from training during that particular year, and the District Educational Officer may for satisfactory reasons, grant the exemption on condition that when the teacher is selected for training in any subsequent year, he will not be entitled to any stipend or allowances ordinarily available to teacher- trainees 1[x x x x] If a teacher to whom no such exemption has been granted fails to join the Training School, he shall be liable to such disciplinary action as the District Educational Officer may deem necessary in the circumstances.
(1) Every candidate for admission to a Training School shall present an application for admission to the Headmaster of the Training School, accompanied by the order selecting him for training. In the case of teachers selected from schools, the relieving order from the institutions in which the candidates have lien permanent or temporary, is also necessary.
(2) Every non-teacher selected for training shall be required to produce along with his application for admission:
(a) A transfer certificate from the Institution last attended by him:
(b) A certificate of health in Form 42 from a Medical Officer not below the rank of an Assistant Surgeon;
(c) A certificate in proof of his general qualifications;
(d) A certificate of conduct signed by a person competent to issue such certificate. These certificates shall be filled in the Training School in serial order with the admission numbers of the trainees endorsed on them.
1[(1) A trainee may for satisfactory reasons be transferred from one training school and admitted to another training school with the sanction of the Educational Officer who is the controlling Officer of the school to which the transfer is applied for.
(2) A trainee may be for satisfactory reasons be allowed to withdraw from the training school under orders of the Educational Officer]
If a trainee has withdrawn from school with permission, he shall be exempted from the payment of all instalments of fees for the months subsequent to the month of withdrawal.
If a trainee has withdrawn from the school without permission he shall pay the balance amount of fees for the entire course of two years and no transfer certificate shall be given or the S. S. L. C. Book shall not be returned to him unless he pays such balance amount]
Subject to the minimum attendance in Rule 22, teachers of Government schools and aided schools while under training, may be granted casual and other kinds of leave to which they are eligible in accordance with the conditions of their service and other trainees may be granted leave of absence at the discretion of the Headmaster.
(1) 2[Every trainee shall be required to attend school on at least 85 per cent of the total number of working days as on the 3[last day of April] of the school year]. If a trainee's attendance is less than 85 percent the deficiency upto 15 percent of the minimum attendance prescribed may be condoned by the District Educational Officer. 4[ln the case of trainees who have to be under treatment on account of ailment of long duration and in cases of leave for maternity purpose, the 5[Deputy Director (Education)] may condone the deficiency in attendance upto a maximum 25 percent of the prescribed minimum attendance.
(2) In the case of a trainee who withdraws from the Training School with permission and is re-admitted during the next year, credit shall be given for attendance earned by him during the former year or such part thereof as may be fixed by the District Educational Officer for calculating the attendance for the latter year.
7[(1) No trainee who has failed to secure the minimum attendance prescribed in Rule 22 shall be permitted to sit for the Teacher's Training Certificate Examination, unless the deficiency in attendance has been condoned.
7[(2) The trainees whose, deficiency in attendance exceeds 25 percent shall be required to undergo the course again in the succeeding year]
If a trainee has been absent without leave for fifteen working days continuously his name shall be removed from the rolls, and the fact reported to the District Educational Officer. Trainees once removed from rolls may be re-admitted with the sanction of the District Educational Officer.
No trainee shall be admitted to a school without realising the first instalment of tuition fees, games fees, library fee and stationery fee. The second instalment of games fee, library fee and stationery fee shall be collected along with the 5th instalment of tuition fees.
No trainee from whom there are any dues to the school shall be admitted to the Teachers Training Certificate Examinations nor employed in any recognised institution in the State; and no certificate of any kind shall be issued to such trainee.
Teachers deputed from Government 1[x x x x] Schools for training shall be eligible for stipend/subsistence allowance in accordance with the rules in force from time to time. 2[All trainees deputed by Director shall execute bonds in the prescribed form undertaking to serve as teachers, if so required within a period of six months in any institution according to their qualification for a period of three years after completion of the training]
(1) Subject to such exemptions and concessions as Government may make by notification in the official Gazette from time to time, tuition fees and special fees shall be collected from trainees at the rates given below:-
(a) Tuition fee Rs. 50(Fifty) per annum in eight equal monthly instalments, the first instalment at the time of admission and the subsequent instalments on the 10th (or on the next working day if 10th is a holiday) 3[of September, October, November, December, January, February and March]
(b) Games fee 4[Rs. 2 (two)] per annum in two equal instalments.
(c) Library fee 4[Rs. 2 (two)] per annum in two equal instalments.
(d) Stationery fee 4[Rs. 2 (two)] per annum in two equal instalments.
(2) If any instalment of tuition fee is not paid on the due date a fine of Fifty Naya Paise shall be levied when the fee for that instalment is paid. The corresponding fine in respect
The games fee, library fee and stationery fee shall be utilised for the respective purposes. The procedure for accounting and operating these fees shall be the same as that prescribed for special fees.
Whenever it is uneconomical to establish separate training schools for men and women, common schools shall be conducted and in such schools adequate facilities for women students shall be provided.
1[Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules no teacher shall be eligible for any pension if he has been dismissed or removed for misconduct, insolvency or inefficiency.]
2[The Educational officers shall be competent to make deductions of any of the amount specified below by an order in writing from the maintenance grant sanctioned to the Manager under rule 5:
(a) amounts objected by the Accountant General and the Department at the time of audit of accounts.
(b) amount of pay and allowances paid to teachers and non-teaching staff irregularly appointed, overlooking the legitimate claims of others.
*[(c) The expenditure incurred by Government under sub-rule (3) of rule 7 of Chapter III].
(1) An appeal shall lie to the Deputy Director of Education concerned against the order of the Educational Officers effecting deductions from the Maintenance grant, such appeal shall be filed within 15 days from the date of receipt of the order appealed against.
(2) On receipt of an appeal under sub-rule (1), the Deputy Director of Education shall, after giving the appellant an opportunity of being heard, pass such order thereon as he thinks fit.
(1) Subject to the conditions specified herein, non- refundable withdrawals from the amount standing to the credit of a subscriber in the Fund may be sanctioned by the authority competent to sanction an advance under rule 12, at anytime.
(a) after the completion of 20 years of service (including broken periods of service, if any) of the subscriber or within 10 years of the date of his attainment of the age of superannuation, whichever is earlier, except during the month in which he retires or proceeds on leave preparatory to retirement from service on superannuation, for one or more of the following purpose, namely:--
(i) meeting the cost of higher education, including, where necessary, the travelling expenses of any child of the subscriber and he has no child, of any other relative actually dependent on him in the following cases namely:-
(A) for education outside India for academic, technical, professional or vocational cour
(1) Only one non-refundable withdrawal can be allowed for the same purpose, in this context, the marriage / education of different sons/daughters relatives actually dependent on the subscriber and the illness of the subscriber or dependent, on different occasions will not be treated as the same purpose. Regarding educational expenses, a withdrawal will be permitted for meeting the expenses for each year of Education (of the kind mentioned in the Provident Fund Rules). Similarly a further non-refundable withdrawal can be allowed for a second or subsequent marriage of the same son or daughter or relative actually dependent on the subscriber. In the case of marriage, the amount should not be drawn earlier than three months of the date of marriage and if for any reason the marriage is postponed beyond 3 months from the date of drawal of the amount, it should be refunded. In such cases a fresh withdrawal can be allowed when the need actually arises.
(2) When a non-refundable withd
(1) Subject to rule 4, in the case of subscribers to any of the existing Provident Funds, who come under these Rules the amount of their subscription in the account with interest thereon, shall be transferred to the new Fund to be constituted under these rules.
(2) The Managers' contribution and interest thereon if any, accrued shall be credited to Government. There shall also be no Government contribution to the teacher's accounts under the Provident Fund and the Government contribution, if any, previously credited shall revert to Government.
(3) No employee who has been required or permitted to subscribe to the Fund under these Rules shall be allowed to continue to subscribe to any other existing Provident Fund].
2[Note:-- When a subscriber to General Provident Fund (Kerala) quits Government service to take up appointment in an aided school and joins the Kerala Aided School Employees Provident Fund, the balance at his credit in the General Pr
A subscriber shall subscribe monthly to the Fund except during a period of suspension.
Provided that a subscriber may, at his option, not subscribe during leave which either does not carry any leave salary or carries leave salary equal to or less than half pay or half average pay:
Provided also that a subscriber undergoing teacher's training who is in receipt of subsistence allowance only, subscription to the Fund shall not except with his consent, be realised during the periods of training:
Provided further that a subscriber, on reinstatement after a period passed under suspension shall be allowed the option of paying in a lump or in instalments, any sum not exceeding the maximum amount of arrear subscription permissible for that period]
2[Provided also that a subscriber may at any time during last one year of service immediately preceding the date of his retirement elect not to subscriber to the fund.]
The subscriber shall intimate his election not to subscribe during the leave referred to in the first proviso to Rule 9 and during the last one year of service immediately preceding the date of his retirement referred to in the third proviso to Rule 9 in the following manner.
(a) By giving an option statement (in duplicate) not to subscribe to the fund to the Head of his office before he proceeds on leave of after electing not to subscribe to the fund in accordance with the third proviso to Rule 9. The Head of office shall forward one copy of the statement to the Assistant Educational Officer or District Educational Officer concerned as the case may be and Assistant Educational Officer/ District Educational Officer shall forward the statement duly countersigned to the Account Officer (P.F)
(b) Failure to make due and timely intimation shall be deemed to constitute an election to subscribe.
(c) The option of a subscriber intimated under these ru
When a subscriber is transferred to foreign service or sent on deputation outside the State, he shall remain subject to the rules of the Fund in the same manner as if he were not so transferred or sent on deputation.
Subscription shall ordinarily be recovered by deduction from pay bill but they may be made by remittance in cash to the Treasury when a subscriber is on foreign service or on leave or on deputation outside the State.
1[In order to avoid credit for periods after the date of retirement, no deductions for Provident Fund subscription shall be made from the last salary of the subscriber]
(2) In case remittance is made in cash to the Treasury, the subscribers shall send the chalans to the Account Officer.
Note.--1 -Heads of institutions are responsible for seeing that the deductions on account of subscription to the Provident Fund are duly made while drawing and disbursing the salary bills of the subscribers (including Headmasters) working in the institutions. Omission to realise the subscription will be considered as failure of duty on their part.
Note:--2 - Heads of institutions shall maintain a list of Provident Fund subscribers whos
If for any reason subscription has not been recovered with effect from the date from which a subscriber is required to subscribe to the Fund, the total amount due to the Fund on account of arrears of subscription shall forthwith be paid by the subscriber to the Fund or in default be ordered by the Account Officer to be recovered by deduction from the emoluments of the subscriber in instalments or otherwise as may be directed by the Head of the Officer or Institution.
(1) Subject to the provisions of sub rule (5), interest at such rate as may be fixed by Government subject to a minimum of 4 percent per annum shall be annually credited by the Government to the account of each subscriber.
(2) Interest shall be credited with effect from the last day in each year in the following manner:-
(a) on the amount at the credit of a subscriber on the last day of the preceding year, less any sum withdrawn during the current year-interest for twelve months;
(b) on sums withdrawn during the current year - interest from the beginning of the current year up to the last day of the month preceding the month of withdrawal;
(c) on all sums credited to the subscriber's account after the last day of the preceding year - interest from the date of deposit upto the end of the current year;
(d) the total amount of interest shall be rounded to the nearest whole rupee (fifty paise or more counting as the next higher
(1) A temporary advance may be granted to a subscriber from the amount standing to his credit in the. Fund at the discretion of the appropriate authority specified by the Government in this behalf, subject to the following conditions, namely-
(a) no advance shall be granted unless the sanctioning authority is satisfied that the applicant's pecuniary circumstances justify it, and that it will be expended on the following object or objects and not otherwise, provided that the condition of actual dependence shall not apply in the case of any son or daughter of the subscriber.
(i) to pay expenses in connection with prolonged illness of the applicant or any person actually dependent on him; or to repay any outstanding amount on account of a loan expressly taken for this purpose.
Note:-- An advance is permissible to meet the expenses on account of confinement (1) in cases necessitating prolonged medical attention, prolonged stay in a hospital
(1)(a) An advance shall be recovered from the subscriber in such number of equal monthly instalments as the sanctioning authority may direct, but such number shall be less than twelve unless the subscriber so elects, or in any case not more than twenty four.
(b) In special cases, where the amount of advance exceeds 3 months pay of the subscriber under sub-clause (i) clause (d) of sub rule (1) of rule 15, the sanctioning authority may fix such number of instalments to be more than twenty-four but in no case more than thirty six.
(c) A subscriber may, at his option, repay two or more instalments in a month.
(2)(a) Recovery shall be made in the manner prescribed in rules 12 and 13 for the realisation of subscription, and shall commence with the first issue of pay for the month following the month in which the advance is drawn.
(b) Recovery shall not be made, except with the subscriber's consent 3[while he is on leave, which either does
(1) Subject to the provisions of rule 2, 7 withdrawal from the Fund may be permitted to meet
(a) A payment towards a policy of life insurance;
(b) the purchase of a single payment life insurance policy:
Provided that no amount shall be withdrawn (i) before the details of the proposed policy have been submitted to the Account Officer and accepted by him as suitable, or (ii) to meet any payment or purchase made or effected more than three months before the withdrawal or (iii) in excess of the amount required to meet a premium or subscription actually due for payment within three months of the date of withdrawal:
Provided further that no amount may be withdrawn to meet any payment or purchase in respect of an educational endowment policy if that policy is due for payment in whole or part before the subscriber's age of normal superannuation:
Provided also that amount withdrawn shall be rounded to the nearest whole rupee.
(2) The Acco
(1) The number of policies in respect of which withdrawal of subscriptions from the Fund maybe permitted under rule 17 shall not exceed four.
(2) The premium for a policy in respect of which withdrawal of subscriptions from the Fund may be permitted under rule 17 shall not be payable otherwise than annually.
If the subscriber withdraws any amount standing to his credit in the Fund for any of the purposes specified in rule 17, he shall continue to pay to the Fund the subscription payable under rule 10.
(1) A subscriber who desires to withdraw any amount under rule 17-shall:--
(a) intimate the reasons for the withdrawal to the Account Officer by letter.
(b) make arrangements with the Account Officer for the withdrawal; and
(c) send to the Account Officer within such period as the Account Officer may require, receipt or certified copies of receipts in order to satisfy the Account Officer that the amount withdrawn was duly applied for the purpose specified in rule 17.
(2) The Account Officer shall order the recovery of any amount withdrawn, in respect of which he has not been satisfied in the manner required by clause (c) of sub-rule (1) together with interest thereon at the rate determined under rule 14 in respect of the year in which the payments should have been made from the emoluments of the subscriber and place it to the credit of the subscriber in the Fund.
(1) A policy to be acceptable under these rules shall be one effected by the subscriber himself on his own life and shall (unless it is a policy effected by a male subscriber which is expressed on the face of it to be for the benefit of his wife, or of his wife and children, or any of them) be such as may be legally assigned by the subscriber to the Governor. Government will not make any payments of premia on behalf of subscribers to Insurance Companies nor take steps to keep a policy alive.
Explanation 1.-- A policy on the joint lives of the subscriber and the subscribers and the subscriber's wife or husband shall be deemed to be a policy on the life of the subscriber for the purpose of this rule.
Explanations 2.-- A policy which has been assigned to the subscriber's wife shall not be accepted unless either the policy is first reassigned to the subscriber or the subscriber and his wife both join in an appropriate assignment.
(2) A policy may not b
(1) A policy when three months after first withdrawal from the Fund in respect of the policy, shall--
(a) unless it is a policy effected by a male subscriber which is expressed on the face of it to be for the benefit of the wife of the subscriber, or of his wife and children or any of them, be assigned to the Governor as security for the payment of any sum which may become payable to the Fund under sub-rule (1) of rule 26 and delivered to the Account Officer, the assignment being made by endorsement on the policy in Form 1 or Form II or Form III in the Second Schedule to these rules according as the policy is on the life of the subscriber or on the joint lives of the subscriber and the subscriber's wife or husband, or the policy has previously been assigned to the subscriber's wife.
(b) if it is a policy effected by a male subscriber which is expressed on the face of it to be for the benefit of the wife of the subscriber or of the wife and children or any o
If a subscriber to any other Fund framing his insurance policy or policies under the rules of that Fund comes over to the Fund constituted under these rules and intends to finance that policy or policies under the rules of the Fund, constituted under these rules he shall on reassignment of the policy or policies by the Account Officer concerned in the form prescribed in the Fourth Schedule to these rules, make within a period of three months of the reassignment afresh assignment of the policy or policies in the appropriate form prescribed in the Second Schedule to these rules.
(1) Save as provided by sub-rule (2) of rule 26, when the subscriber--
(a) quits the service; or
(b) has proceeded on leave preparatory to retirement or if he is employed in a vacation department, on leave preparatory to retirement combined with vacation, and applies to the Account Officer for reassignment or return of the policy; or
(c) while on leave has been permitted to retire or declared by a competent medical authority to be unfit for further service and applies to the Account Officer for reassignment or return of the policy, or
(d) pays or repays to the Fund the whole of any amount withdrawn from the Fund for any of the purposes mentioned in rule 17 with interest thereon at the rate provided in rule 14, the Account Officer shall, for and on behalf of the Governor;
(i) if the policy has been assigned to the Governor under rule 22 reassign the policy in Form I in the Third Schedule to thes
(1) If a policy assigned to the Governor under rule 22 matures before the subscriber quits the service, or if a policy on the joint lives of a subscriber and the subscriber's wife or husband assigned under rule 22 falls due for payment by reason of the death of the subscriber's wife or husband, the Account Officer shall, save as provided by sub-rule (2) of rule 26 proceed as follows:-
(i) if the amount assured is greater than the whole of the amount withdrawn from the Fund in respect of the policy with interest, the Account Officer shall for and on behalf of the Governor, re-assign the policy in the Form set forth in the Fourth Schedule to these rules, to the subscriber or to the subscriber and the joint assured, as the case may be, and make it over to the subscriber who shall immediately on receipt of the policy moneys from the Life Insurance Corporation pay or repay to the Fund the whole of any amount withdrawn with interest, and in case of default, the provisions of
(1) If the policy lapses or is assigned otherwise than to the Governor under rule 22 or is charged or encumbered, the provisions of sub-rule (4) of rule 22 applicable to a failure to assign and deliver a policy shall apply.
(2) If the Account Officer receives notice of--
(a) an assignment (other than an assignment to the Governor) under rule 22 of; or
(b) a charge or encumbrance on; or
(c) an order of a Court restraining dealings with the policy or any amount realised thereon; the Account Officer shall not, for and on behalf of the Governor:-
(i) re-assign or make over the policy as provided in rule 24;or
(ii) realised the amount assured by the policy or re-assign or make over the policy, as provided in rule 25; but shall forthwith refer the matter to the Government.
The provisions of rules 17 to 26 shall apply only to subscribers who, before the date of commencement of these rules, have been making withdrawals from any other Funds for such payments:
Provided that withdrawals from the Fund shall not be permitted for making payments in respect of any new policy.
FIRST SCHEDULE (See rule XXX-7 (3)) 1[Form of Nomination | ||||||
| I (Name).....................hereby nominate the person (s) mentioned below to receive the amount that may stand to my credit in the Fund in the event of my death before that amount has become payable or having became payable, has not been paid. | ||||||
| Name and full Address of Nominee (s) | Relationship with the subscriber | Age | Share payable to each | Contingencies on the happening of which the nomination shall become invalid. | Name, address, relation-s | |
SECOND SCHEDULE (See Rule XXX-22(1) (a)) Forms of Assignment I | ||||||||||||
| I, A B of................hereby assign unto the Governor of Kerala the within policy of assurance as security for payments of all sums which under rule 26 of the Kerala Aided school Employee's Provident Fund Rules, I may hereafter become liable to pay to that Fund. I hereby certify that no prior assignment of the within policy exists. Dated this.......................day of .................. 19............ | ||||||||||||
THIRD SCHEDULE (See Rule XXX-24) Form of reassignment by the Governor of Kerala I | |
| All sums which have become payable by the above named A. B. under rule 26 of the Kerala Aided School Employees Provident Fund Rules having been paid and all liabilities for payment by him of any such sums in the future having ceased the Governor of Kerala both hereby reassign the within policy of assurance to the said A.B./A.B. and CD. | |
| Dated this ...................................day of................19....... Executed by- Account Officer (for and on behalf of the Governor of Kerala in the presence of) | |
XY | |
(Signature of the Account |
FOURTH SCHEDULE (See rule XXX-25) Form of reassignment by the Governor of Kerala | ||||||||||||
| The Governor of Kerala doth hereby reassign within policy to the said A. B./A.B. and C. D. Dated this .............................day of ..............19.... Executed by- Account officer (for and on behalf of the Governor of Kerala in the presence of) | ||||||||||||
XY (Signature of Account Officer) | ||||||||||||
| Witness | YZ (One witness who should add his desig | |||||||||||
FORM A (See Rule XXX-6(1)) Form of Application for Admission to the Kerala Aided School Employees' Provident Fund (to be submitted in duplicate) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name of the applicant | Official designation | School/Institution in which employed | Name of management (whether individual or corporate to be specified | Whether Governed by Chapter XXIVB or XXVII-B of K. E. R. or not | Whether applicant's service is pensionable or not | FORM B-I (See Rule XXX-40) Application for non-refundable withdrawal from the Kerala Aided School Employees Provident Fund 1. Name and designation of the subscriber | 2. Pay and dearness pay 3. Provident Fund Account Number 4. Whether the subscriber has opted for the Kerala Aided School Employees Provident Fund Rules within the prescribed time-limit 5. Date of retirement on superannuation 6. Total service (in year) under the management as on this date *[7 Object of the withdrawal: (a) If the withdrawal is required for meeting the expenditure in connection with the: | (i) higher education of any child or de | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Form C-1 (See Rule XXX - 41) | |||||||||||||
| 1. Subscriber's name in full. 2. Subscriber's designation 3. Subscriber's pay (and D. P. if any) at the time of sanctioning the withdrawal (pay as defined in rule 12 (2) Part I, Kerala Service Rules) 4. Subscriber's P. F. Account Number. 5. Object of the non-refundable withdrawal. 6. (i)Particulars and amount of loan, if any, taken by the subscriber for house Building purposes under any housing scheme of the State Government. (ii) Particulars and amount of any other assistance received by the subscriber from other Government sources, for the same purpose. (Sub columns (i) and (ii) above need be filled up only if the withdrawal is sanctioned for house building or allied purpose.) 7. Bal |
1[Form E-1) SEE RULE XXX 43(1) AND 44(1) APPLICATION FOR CLOSURE OF KERALA AIDED SCHOOL EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ACCOUNTS | ||||||||
IMPORTANT 1. This form is to be used except in cases where the subscriber has died or resigned Aided School Service. 2. Please read through the instructions carefully before filling up the form 3. The application is to be sent to the Account Officer., (P. F.) Office of the Director of Public Instruction, Trivandrum - 695014, through the Head of Office and the Controlling Officer. 4. In the case of a subscriber who has elected to discontinue subscription in terms of third proviso to Rule 9, the application can be sent within 3 months prior to the date of retirement. Othertwise the application is to be sent imme |
FORM-E3 (See Rule XXX-43 (1) and (2) and 44 (1)) APPLICATION FOR CLOSURE OF KERALA AIDED SCHOOL EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ACCOUNTS | |||||||
| IMPORTANT: - This Form is to be used only when the subscriber died before retirement or before receiving the amount in his P. F. account. A. Details to be furnished by the Nominee or other claimants | |||||||
| 1. | (a) Name in full of the subscriber and account number (as indicated in the latest Annual Statement received from the Account Officer (P.F) (b) Designation | ||||||
| 2. | Name of School in which the subscriber worked last. | ||||||
| 3. | Date of death. | ||||||
1[For the purpose of the rules in this chapter, the words Universities in Kerala shall mean any of the following Universities namely:--
Kerala University.
Mahatma Gandhi University 2[x x x x]
Calicut University]
2["Kannur University and
Sree Sankaracharya Sanskrit University"]
Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1) of Rule 4 the 2[x x x x] Educational Officer shall be competent to approve appointments of candidates possessing higher qualifications 3[provided they have the training qualification stipulated in the said sub rule]]
Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules the method of appointment and qualifications of the teaching and non -teaching staff in the aided Higher Secondary School in the State shall be as prescribed in this Chapter.
Appointment to the various categories specified in Column (2) of the Table below shall be made by the method of appointment specified against each in column (3) thereof--
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Sl No. | Category | Method of Appointment | ||
(1) | (2) | (3) | ||
| 1. | Principal | |||
Sl No. | Category | Method of Appointment | Qualifications | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
| 1. | Principal | By promot | ||
No person shall be eligible for appointment by direct appointment to any of the posts in categories of Teachers if he has not completed 20 years or is above 39 years of age on the first day of January of the year in which the applications for appointment are invited. For posts other than teaching posts, the candidate must have completed 18 years and must have not completed 35 years of age on the first day of January of the year in which the applications for appointment are invited. Usual relaxation in upper age limit shall be allowed to candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes and other Backward Classes.
(1) Those persons who have passed the State Level Eligibility Test for post of College Lecturers conducted by Government of Kerala are exempted from passing the State Eligibility Tests for Higher Secondary School Teacher,
(2) Those persons who have passed the National Eligibility Test/Junior Research Fellowship shall be exempted from passing the State Eligibility Test.
(3) Persons with Ph. D/M. Phil/ M. Ed. degree shall be exempted from passing the State Eligibility Test provided the M, Phil in the concerned subject is awarded by any of the Universities in Kerala or recognised as equivalent thereto by any of the Universities in Kerala.
1[4. Teachers who have completed ten years of approved teaching service at the High School level shall be exempted from passing the State Eligibility Test].
FORM 2 [See Rule V-16(1)] APPLICATION FOR RECOGNITION | |||||
1. | Name of School.......................................... | ||||
2. | Taluk.................................. Village.............................. | ||||
3. | Class of School ...................... Grade of School......................... | ||||
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No. | Name | Name of parent or guardian and the relationship of the pupil to the guardian | Occupation of Parent or guardian and his residence | Schools previously attended and the periods spent in each standard (dates to be specified) | Date of Admission | Date of Birth | 1[x xxx x] Religion | Does the pupil belong to the scheduled caste S.FORM 5A
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