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Over 1,000 anganwadi teachers and helpers continued their protestation for the fifteenth consecutive time successful Chennai connected Tuesday (February 17, 2026), demanding that the State authorities regularise their services.
“It has been 15 days of State-wide protests regarding our request to beryllium regularised. We are not asking for thing new; it was a committedness made successful the DMK manifesto. We privation it fulfilled,” said an anganwadi teacher from Chennai.
Anganwadi teachers person been appointed connected a impermanent ground and person a monthly wage of ₹15,000, portion an anganwadi helper receives ₹6,000. They are entitled to dearness allowances, but nary different benefits person been extended to them.
“We instrumentality attraction of children, from their nutrient to their studies. We instrumentality attraction of large women and caller mothers. In addition, we are besides assigned duties specified arsenic SIR [Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls] and different election-related work. We administer nutritious food, update apps, and guarantee each information introduction is completed. Do we merit lone ₹15,000 for this?” asked Narmada, an Anganwadi teacher successful Chennai.
The teachers enactment that they are severely overworked and person neither received a wage summation nor been regularised. “We aren’t eligible for Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thogai [monthly allowance for women] due to the fact that we are authorities employees, yet we are not treated arsenic such. So, wherever bash we belong?” asked S. Maheswari, different anganwadi teacher.
The teachers privation their basal wage accrued to ₹19,500 erstwhile they are regularised. “No talks person been held truthful far. We volition proceed our protestation until our request is met,” said Ms. Narmada.
