Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala: Under the guise of implementing the Supreme Court order making K-TET qualification mandatory, the government has blocked certain benefits provided to teachers.

Education offices in many places have started withholding benefits, including increased salaries, for those promoted to head teachers and others. The reason given is that, based on the Supreme Court order of September 1, making K-TET mandatory for all teachers, no government order regarding promotions has yet been issued.

As a result, only the pre-promotion salaries are being allowed for headmasters and other promoted staff. In Pathanamthitta, the salary of a headmistress was withheld in this manner. Similar incidents were reported in Thalassery and Malappuram as well.

Although there are still two year

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