Jagan Slams Suspension of Teachers Over TET Issue
Jagan demanded the revocation of the suspension orders against the five teachers and asked the Chief Minister to apologise to them and rectify what he termed a mistake.
Vijayawada:Former chief minister and YSRC president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy questioned Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu over what he described as “vindictiveness” against government employees, particularly teachers.
In a post on X, Jagan asked why five teachers from YSR Kadapa, Anantapur and Sri Sathya Sai districts had been suspended and questioned what “crime” they had committed. He said more than one lakh senior teachers were facing difficulties as they were being asked to write the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) again after several years of service, even though such a test did not exist when they joined government service.
He asked whether it was a crime for the teachers to seek exemption from the requirement and submit a representation to the Union government with the support of MPs. Alleging that “Red Book-driven jungle raj” was not sparing even government teachers, Jagan said Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu should have urged the Centre to exempt senior teachers from the TET requirement.
He alleged that the Chief Minister had ignored the problems of senior teachers and that when they attempted to bring the issue to the notice of the Union government, they were branded as having political connections and suspended.
Jagan demanded the revocation of the suspension orders against the five teachers and asked the Chief Minister to apologise to them and rectify what he termed a mistake. He cautioned that the YSRCP would take up the issue seriously.
