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General Education Minister V. Sivankutty has said that the Kerala authorities has decided to undertake unit fixation successful schools based connected students’ UID (unique recognition numbers) to curb fake admissions that origin large fiscal nonaccomplishment to the exchequer.
Mr. Sivankutty, who addressed a property league successful Thiruvananthapuram connected Sunday, said amendments had been made to the Kerala Education Rules (KER) successful 2022 to alteration UID-based unit fixation. As per the revised norms, the fig of students with valid UID connected the sixth moving time volition beryllium the ground for determining unit spot successful schools.
He pointed retired that the Aadhaar-based unit fixation strategy has been upheld by the Kerala High Court and the Supreme Court astatine assorted stages. “UID is mandatory lone for unit fixation. No kid volition beryllium denied schoolhouse admittance oregon immoderate acquisition payment anyplace successful the State owed to deficiency of UID,” helium said.
At present, 31.14 lakh students successful authorities and aided schools person valid Aadhaar documents. Considering requests from assorted quarters, the deadline for uploading details of students with invalid UID connected the Samanwaya portal had been extended till August 20, 2025. Students with lone Enrolment ID (EID), and those who taxable UID valid till July 14, 2025 volition beryllium considered for unit fixation.
The connection is presently nether information of the Finance department. The indispensable orders volition beryllium issued and unit fixation volition beryllium completed wrong a period erstwhile support is received to alteration the filling up of vacancies.
Physically challenged preservation
Mr. Sivankutty besides outlined measures adopted to instrumentality physically challenged preservation successful authorities aided schools. Although physically challenged preservation has been implemented successful authorities services, it was not decently complied with successful aided schools earlier, helium said. To code the issue, the authorities has issued guidelines and published a handbook to guarantee transparency successful appointments. The authorities had formed State and district-level committees connected the ground of an interim bid of the Supreme Court. Around 1,500 persons with disabilities were appointed adjacent earlier the territory committees became functional. From the archetypal signifier fertile list, 431 much candidates were recommended for assignment connected January 24. The authorities plans to behaviour further selections to capable remaining vacancies, the Minister said.
