Teachers’ forum urges zonal cadre status for first-level gazetted school posts

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Leaders of the Forum of Registered Teachers Organisations (FORTO), D. Srinu and Maganti Srinivasa Rao, connected Tuesday met the Director of School Education, Thameem Ansariya, and urged that each first-level gazetted posts successful the School Education Department beryllium constituted strictly arsenic zonal cadres, successful accordance with the Andhra Pradesh Public Employment (Organisation of Local Cadres and Regulation of Direct Recruitment) Order, 2025.

Citing paragraph 3(3) of the Presidential Order-2025, they said it intelligibly specifies that first-level gazetted posts are to beryllium treated arsenic a chiseled class and indispensable beryllium organised arsenic zonal cadres. They pointed retired that constituting posts specified arsenic Gazetted Headmasters, Mandal Educational Officers (MEOs) and DIET Lecturers arsenic multi-zonal cadres would beryllium contrary to the provisions of the order.

The leaders further noted that teachers and headmasters moving successful Mandal Parishad and Zilla Parishad schools were authorities employees functioning nether the administrative power of the School Education Department. They besides recalled that the posts of headmasters of Zilla Parishad High Schools had been recognised arsenic gazetted posts.

The leaders expressed interest that if first-level gazetted posts were constituted arsenic multi-zonal cadres, the recruitment and promotional opportunities disposable to section candidates would beryllium adversely affected. Therefore, the authorities should instrumentality contiguous steps to guarantee that each first-level gazetted posts were constituted lone arsenic zonal cadres, they said.

State wide caput of Navyandhra Teachers’ Association and a typical of FORTO M. Srinivasa Rao and others besides met Ms. Ansariya.

Published - June 02, 2026 11:23 p.m. IST

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