The 31 demands read out at the protest included cancellation of unscientific teacher adjustment orders, filling vacancies, sanctioning DEO, MEO and deputy EO posts in new districts and divisions, drafting unified service rules, and assigning at least two teachers to every primary school.
Hyderabad: Teachers’ associations urged the state government to resolve long-pending issues in education without delay, warning that its credibility was at stake. At a Mahadharna organised by the Upadhyaya Sanghala Porata Committee (USPC) at Dharna Chowk, Hyderabad, speakers said, “Problems in the education sector must be addressed immediately if the government is serious about standing by its word.”
They recalled that teachers had been waiting for 20 months, submitting repeated representations, while the government showed no progress on either long-standing demands or its own poll promises. Leaders accused the previous administration of acting dictatorially, filing cases against union representatives, and argued that the present one was moving down a similar path of neglect.
The 31 demands read out at the protest included cancellation of unscientific teacher adjustment orders, filling vacancies, sanctioning DEO, MEO and deputy EO posts in new districts and divisions, drafting unified service rules, and assigning at least two teachers to every primary school. They sought immediate implementation of PRC, scrapping of CPS, justice for those affected by GO 317, promotions for qualified SGTs, and sanction of 5,571 PSHM posts. Other demands included revising Gurukula timetables, ending lobbying-based deputations, upgrading Pandit and PET posts in Tribal Welfare schools, job security for KGBV and URS staff, promotions and compassionate appointments in model schools, takeover of aided schools, increments for special teachers and pending salaries for 2008 DSC recruits.
USPC leaders warned that this protest was only the beginning and said united struggles would intensify if the state failed to act. “Teachers expected solutions in a people’s government. Instead, they are still waiting,” the committee said. Around 5,000 teachers from across districts took part, joined by leaders of participating unions and district representatives. TGEJAC chairman Maram Jagadishwar, secretary general Eluri Srinivas Rao, former MLCs Prof. Nageshwar, Alugubelli Narsireddy, Prof. Lakshminarayana, activist Vimalakka and pensioners’ association vice president L. Arunamma visited the protest camp to express solidarity.
