Kerala Expands Education Benefits to 28 More Communities, Boosts Higher Ed Access

• The Kerala government has decided to include 28 communities in the list of Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC).
• This inclusion will grant students from these communities access to reservation and other educational benefits in higher education.
• The decision follows a recommendation from the State Backward Classes Commission, which the state cabinet accepted.
• These communities were previously part of the OBC list but were not in the SEBC category, leading to an omission of educational concessions.
• The move aims to rectify long-standing inequalities and provide better financial and institutional support for higher education.