Telangana plans to float a new union comprising nearly 15 unions of the state
Chief minister and TRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao will announce the name of the new teachers union in a meeting to be convened in Hyderabad
Adilabad: After having lured several elected representatives of other political parties into its fold, the TRS has now focused on teachers unions. Two teachers unions — Telangana Progressive Recognised Teachers Union (TPRTU) and Telangana Rashtra Teachers Union (TRTU) had already been merged and a new union will soon be formed with the support of the state government.
Sources said the TRS leaders are in consultation with the leaders of Telangana United Teachers Federation (TUTF), Telangana Physical Education Teachers Association (TPETA) and Progressive Recognised Teachers Union of Telangana State (PRTUTS) and that pressure is being exerted to bring all the teachers under an umbrella organisation Telangana Teachers Union (TTU), which will be affiliated to the TRS.
Recently, former MLC B. Mohan Reddy and present teacher MLCs Pula Ravinder and Janardhan Reddy of PRTUTS joined the TRS. Talks are on to merge the PRTUTS also with the TPRTU and TRTU.
The TTU will comprise nearly 15 teachers union. Chief Minister and TRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao will announce the name of the new teachers union in a meeting to be convened in Hyderabad.
TRTU district president Darshanala Devender said the state government was planning to conduct elections to the teachers unions for electing the recognised teachers union. The elected teachers union will represent teachers during discussions with the state government.There are nearly 47 teachers unions in Telangana state and the government feels it would be hard to call each of the unions for discussions.
The chief minister is reportedly planning to create a ground where there would be no opposition from the teachers unions to reforms that would be introduced soon in the education department, mainly the KG to PG free education scheme and English medium in government schools.
The Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the BJP, has launched an agitation against the TRS government against the delay in implementation of fee reimbursement scheme and regularisation of contract employees.The TRS already has control on Singareni workers and RTC employees as Telangana Boggugani Karmika Sangham (TBGKS) and Telangana Mazdoor Union (TMU) respectively, which are both recognised unions are affiliated to the party. The TRS wants to repeat the same with teachers.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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