# Kerala UPST rank holders call off 17-day protest after assurance 2026-08-14T12:52:23+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Upper Primary School Teacher (UPST) Rank Holders Association in Kerala called off its 17-day protest outside the Secretariat on Friday after General Education Minister N. Samsudheen assured them their demands would be considered sympathetically. The association had demanded that the Kerala Public Service Commission stop issuing repeated notifications without reporting vacancies and extend the existing rank list so more candidates could be appointed before it expires. The Minister said the government would need 45 days to study their demand for appointing PSC-ranked candidates to Head Teacher Vacancy posts and other teacher-student ratio issues. He also directed the Director General of Education to examine filling vacancies in model residential and fisheries schools from existing district rank lists. The protesters withdrew based on the assurance that favourable demands would be implemented quickly. ## Coverage - thehindu.com Tags: Kerala, Kerala PSC, N. Samsudheen, UPST Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/kerala-upst-rank-holders-call-off-17-day-protest-after-assurance/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/kerala-upst-rank-holders-call-off-17-day-protest-after-assurance/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.