Govt creating chaos in education sector

Tadeplaii, May 16: The coalition government’s incompetent policies have plunged Andhra Pradesh’s education sector into chaos, criticised MLC Kalpalatha Reddy during a media address. The administration’s unscientific teacher-student ratio has unjustly labeled nearly 10,000 School Assistant posts as surplus, while simultaneously promising to fill new posts through DSC recruitment. This contradictory approach is a deliberate attempt to deceive educators and undermine the education system. 
The revolutionary reforms introduced by former Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy are being systematically dismantled out of political vendetta, leaving teachers, students, and parents in distress.
The coalition government’s policies have sparked widespread unrest among educators, with teachers taking to the streets over the past two days to demand the revival of the education sector. 
“Teachers are not protesting for salaries or benefits but to save the education system and protect government schools,” she emphasized. The government’s decision to replace YS Jagan’s GO 117 with GOs 19, 20, and 21 has failed to strengthen primary schools, instead introducing nine poorly defined school categories that lack rational student ratios. This has created confusion and eroded trust. Jagan’s reforms, including merging classes 3-5 into high schools and granting 7,000 teacher promotions, ensured quality education for poor students. In contrast, the current regime’s cancellation of GO 117 risks demoting 10,000 School Assistants, betraying educators and students alike.
The government’s handling of teacher transfers further exacerbates the crisis. New transfer laws disregard preferential categories, such as teachers with 40% disability or blindness, forcing them to seek court interventions. Unmarried women teachers and those over 45 face reduced benefits, while vacant posts of teachers on study leave are being falsely listed, violating GO 342. Kalpalatha demanded immediate action: “The government must revise the teacher-student ratio to 1:40, prioritize subject teachers, and ensure fair transfers. It must stop creating new problems while ignoring existing ones.” She urged the coalition to honor the Right to Education Act and abandon plans to sideline subject teachers, warning that failure to act will further destabilize the system. “The coalition must stop destroying the education system and prioritize the future of our children,” she asserted.