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The Andhra Pradesh Teachers Federation (APTF) announced connected Friday that the teachers would signifier dharnas astatine each the territory office connected April 18 to property for the solution of issues successful the acquisition assemblage and to execute their morganatic fiscal demands.
At a gathering held successful Vijayawada, the federation’s State president Chennupati Manjula urged the authorities to represent the 12th Pay Revision Commission (PRC) with effect from July 2023 and denote a 30% interim relief.
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She criticised the government’s assertion connected merchandise of ₹7,034 crore towards pending dues specified arsenic Provident Fund, A.P. Government Life Insurance (APGLI) and different benefits for teachers and headmasters who retired recently, calling it unrealistic. She besides demanded contiguous clearance of each pending dues, including surrender leave, 11th PRC arrears and DA, and urged the authorities to denote the 4 pending DA installments without delay.
The federation’s State wide caput K. Basava Linga Rao alleged that “the government’s anti-education policies person led to the emergence of astir 12,000 single-teacher schools crossed the state.” He demanded that astatine slightest 2 teachers beryllium appointed successful each superior schoolhouse and besides called for the assignment of headmasters and Physical Education Teachers successful each precocious school, irrespective of pupil strength.
He besides wanted the authorities to retreat the caller experimental strategy of moving classes from 1st to 10th people successful precocious schools and urged the authorities to revert to the erstwhile strategy of conducting classes 1 to 5 successful superior schools and 6 to 10 successful precocious schools. He emphasised that vacancies arising owed to retirements betwixt June and March during the existent world twelvemonth should beryllium filled done promotions to debar disruption to students.
Mr. Rao said if the authorities fails to code these demands, the federation volition actively enactment successful the larger agitation programmes projected to beryllium undertaken nether the banner of the Federation of Andhra Pradesh Teachers’ Organisations (FAPTO).
APTF State vice-presidents K. Ashok, T. Trinadh, M. Anita, E.V. Rama Rao, P. Venkateswarlu, State secretaries M. Srinivasa Rao and B. Reddidora, erstwhile State wide caput P. Panduranga Vara Prasada Rao and others participated successful the meeting.
