Half of Tamil Nadus CEO posts remain vacant; All eyes on Education Ministers review meet

madurai: with nearly 50 percent of chief educational officer (ceo) posts lying vacant across tamil nadu, questions are being raised over whether the state-level review meeting scheduled for november 4 under the chairmanship of school education minister anbil mahesh poyyamozhi will bring any tangible results.despite chief minister m.k. stalin repeatedly stressing that “education and health are the two eyes” of his government, teacher unions and education stakeholders allege that promises made over the past four years remain unfulfilled. the prolonged vacancies in key administrative posts, they say, have disrupted school monitoring and implementation of welfare schemes.districts including krishnagiri, theni, tiruppur, thanjavur, mayiladuthurai, nagapattinam, nilgiris, ranipet, and vellore have been functioning without regular ceos for several months, forcing district educational officers (deos) to shoulder additional responsibilities. this overload, unions claim, has affected students' performance in learning achievement (silas) assessments.tomorrow's review meeting at the anna centenary library in chennai — the first in four months — will discuss school administration, welfare distribution, and field visits. however, observers doubt whether deos managing dual roles can offer adequate inputs in the absence of ceos.opposition parties, including aiadmk, pmk, and bjp, have criticized the government's inaction, calling it a setback to tamil nadu's education progress.