Thiruvananthapuram: The Director of Public Instruction has said that not everyone needs a certificate from the village office to prove caste and nativity for admission to Plus One classes.
The Director of Public Instruction said that only the SSLC certificate is sufficient for the first-year admission to Higher Secondary.
Only SC, ST, and OEC students are required to produce caste certificates from the Village Offices at the time of admission. The notice comes in the wake of reports that a large number of applications for such certificates are being submitted to the Village Offices through Akshaya Kendras
