Thiruvananthapuram: The public education department has taken steps to reduce the workload of higher secondary school principals. The action was taken on the instructions of Public Education and Labor Minister V Sivankutty.
The teaching work of principals of government-aided higher secondary schools in the state has been fixed at eight periods per week. If there are junior teachers who have less than the required period in those schools, they will be given up to 14 periods to teach the 8 periods after the subject to be taught by the principal.
In cases where such teachers are not available, the previous order appointing teachers on a daily basis will be implemented immediately.
