Teachers protest against GO 25, seek reduction in workload

You don’t have any Active Subscription.

Account subscription benefits alongside Premium Stories, Editorials, Opinions and more. Unlock these with Subscription

Secondary Grade Teachers staging a protest.

Secondary Grade Teachers (SGTs) staged protests during the lunch break at the ZPHS Indupur and other schools, opposing the implementation of GO No. 25, and demanding that it be withdrawn or suitably amended.

Similar protests were held across the State, according to K Mahipal Reddy, president of Secondary Grade Teachers Union (SGTU). He said the measures being implemented in the name of Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) were increasing the workload on SGTs in primary schools. He demanded that the government ensure one teacher for each class and reduce the existing teacher-pupil ratio to 1:20.

The teachers said the protest was also held against the backdrop of an alleged suicide attempt by a teacher, Prashanth, from Silvokodur school in Jagtial district, after reportedly coming under severe pressure during a school complex meeting.

They demanded that teachers be relieved of non-teaching duties so that they could focus on classroom instruction. They also opposed measures that, they alleged, were putting additional pressure on teachers in the name of providing one teacher for every class.

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.

We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.