Thiruvananthapuram: A group of Kerala syllabus students is preparing to challenge the revised KEEM entrance exam rank list in the Supreme Court, alleging that the new list has unfairly disadvantaged them. They are urging the state government to stand with them as they seek legal recourse.
The students argue that the present KEEM evaluation framework is skewed against those following the Kerala state syllabus, and assert that if a law is found to be harmful to a particular group, it should be amended. Their decision to approach the apex court comes in the wake of the Kerala High Court Division Bench’s verdict, which the state government has chosen not to contest. Based on that ruling, a revised rank list was released on July 10.
The new rankings have caused a sharp drop in the positions of thousands of Kerala syllabus students. Among the most talked-about cases is that of John Shinoj from Ernakulam, who had secured the top rank in the original list released on July 1 but fell to the seventh position in the revised version. Meanwhile, CBSE student Joshua Jacob, who had previously ranked fifth, climbed to first place in the updated list.
The students say the restructured ranking system has significantly harmed their chances and are determined to fight the issue legally, believing that only a Supreme Court intervention can restore fairness to the admissions process.