Structure of Educational system in Kerala

Organizational Structure of Department of General Education in Kerala

• The Commissioner of General Education shall be responsible for policy formulation, Monitoring and co-ordination among the Directorates of School Education, State Council of Educational Research and Training, State Institute of Educational Technology, State Institute of Educational Management and Training, Sarva Siksha Abhiyan and other institutions in the State that come under General Education.
• The Secretary to Government, General Education shall have administrative control over all the Directorates, Institutes, Schools and other agencies in the State that come under General Education.
• The Director of School Education shall have administrative and academic control over all the schools in the State from the level of Pre-Primary education to Higher Secondary education including Teacher training institutes, Schools for special education, Schools for differently abled children and other agencies as directed by the Government. The Director may be assisted by Additional Directors as shown below:-
• Additional Director for Higher Secondary Education.
• Additional Director for Secondary Education.
• Additional Director for Primary & Pre-Primary Education.
• Additional Director for Public Examinations and Evaluation.
• 4. The Deputy Director of Education shall have administrate and academic control over all types of schools in the Revenue district from the level of Pre-primary education to higher secondary education and other institutes imparting Special Education and training. The Deputy Director of Education may be assisted by 2 or 3 Assistant Directors as shown below.
• Assistant Director for Higher Secondary Education.
• Assistant Director for Primary and Pre-Primary Education.
• Assistant Director for Secondary Education.
• The Block Educational Officer shall have administrative and inspectional control over Primary and Pre primary Schools in the Block. 
• The Principal with the prescribed qualification shall be the head of a Higher Secondary School. The Principal shall be the administrative head of the schools responsible for its proper management and maintenance of discipline. He shall be the drawing and disbursing officer and authority for sanctioning leave.
• There shall be a post of Headmaster in every Higher Secondary School. He shall assist the Principal in the discharge of duties especially with regard to Secondary classes.
• Note:- In the absence of a Principal the Headmaster of the School shall be put in full additional charge of the school as a purely temporary arrangement.
• The Headmaster of Secondary schools designated as Principal of Vocational Higher Secondary shall continue as such, till the Vocational Higher Secondary Education ceases to function.
• The Headmaster with the prescribed qualification shall be the administrative head of the following types of schools: -
• Secondary Schools
• Upper Primary Schools
• Lower Primary Schools
• Pre Primary Schools.
• 10. There shall be a post of Panchayat / Municipality / Corporation Educational Officer with the prescribed qualifications of the Principal. He shall co-ordinate and monitor all the academic activities in the schools from the level of Pre primary education to higher secondary education, in the Local Self Government Institutions concerned.