Functions of the Local Educational Authority Clause 18, sub-clause (iv) – No other functions should be prescribed to the authority than three functions mentioned. P.M.Kunhi Raman Nambiar, Member, Select Committee.

Dissenting Note by P.M.Kunhi Raman Nambiar. Appointment of teachers in Government and aided Schools 1. The teachers must be recruited through the agency of the Public Service Commission and on their advice. 2. Appointment from list relating to other districts can be made only if suitable candidates are not available in the same district. 3. Appointment from any subsequent list can be made only after exhausting the earlier list. 4. There should be no disability of age, if the candidate had underg [...]

Dissenting Note By A.Thanu Pillai. As for appointment of teachers it is really as much an economic question as an Educational one. The provision in the Act should be to provide for all the qualified applicants i.e., trained teachers. We object to the District list. It should be a State list. The whole State should be available as a field of employment for all citizens of the State. Clause 17.- I am against the establishment of Local Educational authorities. They will be productive of little good [...]

DISSENTING NOTE. Appointment of teachers in aided schools. Clause 11 of the Bill as amended by the Select Committee provides for the appointment of teachers both in Government and aided schools. The provision that the teachers of aided schools shall only be appointed from candidates selected by the Public Service Commission for the district in which the school is located seems to be unconstitutional. It also restricts the freedom of the management to a great extent. All persons having the prescr [...]

DISSENTING MINUTES OF C.H.MOHAMMED KOYA I set forth the following points whereon I differ from the majority report. 11. Appointment of teachers in Government and aided schools._ Under clause 11, the appointment of teachers is to be made from a list published by the Service Commission. The candidates shall be selected for each district separately and list of candidates so selected shall be published in the Gazette. In my opinion there must be one list for the whole State which contains the names [...]

THE KERALA EDUCATION BILL, 1957 Report of the Select Committee. 1. The Select Committee to which the Kerala Education Bill was referred has considered the Bill clause by clause and now submits this, their Report with the Bill as reported by the Committee annexed thereto. 2. The Bill was published in the Gazette Extraordinary dated the 7th July 1957. 3. The Bill was introduced in the Legislative Assembly on the 13th July 1957 and the motion for reference to Select Committee for report within thre [...]

MEMORABLE PIECE OF BASIC LEGISLATION Winding up the debate during the third reading of the Kerala Education Bill in the State Legislature today, (September 2, 1957), Shri.Joseph Mundasserry, Minister for Education, spoke as follows: Sir, No new suggestions have been raised on the floor of the House against the passing of this Bill into law. People generally consider it a good fortune to do good deeds or be participants in good deeds. I regret very much that my friends opposite, even at this last [...]

Pro-Bill Procession. Trivandrum, August 28. Another big demonstration, second in three days, was held in Trivandrum today, this time to support the Kerala Education Bill, now under clause by clause consideration of the Assembly. On Tuesday opponents of the Bill demonstrated in the city demanding the withdrawal of the Bill. Today’s demonstration was organised by the Trivandrum District Committee of the Communist Party. Demonstrators from various parts of the district collected in front of the Mus [...]

Procession in Trivandrum. Trivandrum, August 26-Trivandrum, the capital of Kerala, today witnessed the biggest-ever demonstration when thousands of volunteers from all over the State paraded through the streets of the city to voice their protest against the Communist Government’s Education Bill. Spearheaded by about 3000 blue-uniformed “Christophers” (bearers of Christ) the procession marched through the three mile route and converged at a public meeting at which resolutions were passed demandin [...]

Anti-Education Bill Demonstration. Government have received reports to the effect that an anti-Education Bill Demonstration is being organized in Trivandrum on the 26th of this month and that batches have already started from some places. The demonstrators are expected to number a few thousands. The Government understands that there is a certain amount of anxiety as to what such a demonstration may lead to. It is feared, on the one hand, that this demonstration itself may go beyond peaceful limi [...]