This policy mirrors the Supreme Court’s September 2023 ruling: teachers with under five years of service can continue without K-TET, but K-TET is required for promotions; those with five or more years had to qualify within two years of the ruling to stay employed.

Christian and other managements have protested the strict reservation stance for the differently-abled, prompting government-led efforts to move forward.

A 4% reservation for persons with disabilities will replace the earlier 3% set under a 1996 law.

This decision reflects disputes over reservations and general-category appointments, including protests by aided school managements and Christian groups, with the government aiming to apply the apex court’s order across all aided schools.

The Kerala government plans to regularize nearly 20,000 teachers in aided schools, subject to the final outcomes of pending Supreme Court verdicts.

Temporary appointees must sign a bond stating that if they do not qualify in K-TET within two years, their appointment will be cancelled and benefits repaid.

The move extends a recent Supreme Court order on NSS schools to other aided school managements.

Following a 2025 Supreme Court directive for timely appointments to posts reserved for differently-abled candidates in aided schools, the government consulted the Advocate General to implement it.

Actions remain contingent on pending Supreme Court outcomes, with potential adjustments tied to judicial rulings.

The apex court has directed time-bound appointments for differently-abled posts, and the state is awaiting final outcomes on Special Leave Petitions.

District education officers have been directed to immediately appoint eligible candidates to vacant differently-abled posts and act on the new order without delay.

A Supreme Court decision in the NSS case allowed general-category appointments while excluding posts reserved for the differently-abled, prompting Kerala to seek similar relief for other aided schools.