Teacher deployment for census work disrupts academic activities: Kerala General Education Minister

General Education Minister N. Samsudheen has called for a reappraisal of Central guidelines that necessitate teachers to beryllium deployed for non-academic authorities assignments specified arsenic census operations and electoral work.

Speaking to mediapersons present connected Tuesday (June 16, 2026), helium expressed interest implicit the predominant deployment of teachers for specified purposes. The excessive reliance connected teachers successful this respect causes world disruption and affects schoolroom learning, helium said.

Mr. Samsudheen besides referred to concerns regarding transfers of teachers being affected by census-related deployment.

Referring to Central guidelines that prohibit the transfers of employees who are assigned census duties, Mr. Samsudheen said the State authorities has reservations astir the applicable implications of the rule, peculiarly for teachers who person been waiting years for transportation opportunities.

“Teachers who person waited for years for a transportation should not suffer their accidental due to the fact that of a short-term census assignment. They should beryllium permitted to execute their census duties wherever they are posted during the peculiar period,” helium said.

According to him, preventing transfers for an full twelvemonth for census enactment that lasts 10 to 15 days is unfair to employees.