Teachers’ federation announces month-long campaign from February 1 to boost enrolment in government schools

Members of the Andhra Pradesh United Teachers’ Federation (UTF) announced a month-long run from February 1, 2026, to boost enrolment successful authorities schools. The members, led by the federation’s State president N. Venkateswarlu and wide caput K.S.S. Prasad, released a poster connected the run present connected Tuesday (January 27).

Speaking to the media, the leaders said that they would amended radical astir the respective advantages of the State-run schools, including spacious classrooms, playgrounds, teachers with acquisition and commitment, and supra all, prime acquisition without spending a azygous rupee. 

“From the existent era’s governmental leaders to IAS officers, galore person studied successful these schools,” they said, adding that erstwhile vibrant with students, authorities schools gradually became deserted owed to the ill-conceived decisions of erstwhile administrations. This resulted successful galore children being shifted to backstage schools, they added.

“All authorities schools person been comprehensively developed and upgraded. The mid-day repast provided successful schools is excellent. Essential items specified arsenic textbooks, shoes, and different supplies are being distributed to students. Nearly 90 per cent of the teachers moving contiguous are products of authorities schools, said Mr. Venkateswarlu, adding that the UTF was determined to fortify authorities schools.

He said that from February 1 till the extremity of the month, astir 1.85 lakh teachers would enactment successful this extended campaign. They would proceed their regular duties during schoolhouse hours and past would transportation retired door-to-door campaigns. Teachers volition personally sojourn households and petition parents to enrol their children successful authorities schools, helium said.

The UTF leaders said that the run volition besides impact consenting nationalist representatives and societal workers. Pointing retired that the spot besides emphasised imparting motivation education—especially successful presumption of reports of immoderate children falling prey to vices specified arsenic cause abuse—they appealed to parents to nonstop their wards to authorities schools, wherever students are capable to read, write, and pass effectively, dissimilar successful backstage institutions wherever the absorption is mostly connected preparing students for examinations.