Telangana: Academics warn of stir over school rejig move

HYDERABAD: The Telangana Save Education Committee has opposed the state government’s decision to rationalise schools citing poor enrolment.
The state government has recently issued guidelines to rationalise teaching staff in all government schools across districts based on enrolments during the academic year 2019-20.
As per the guidelines, surplus teachers would be posted in vacancies notified through transfer.
The move, which was resisted by teachers, also drew flak from the committee, which consists of eminent academics such as Prof G Haragopal, Prof K Laxminarayana and Chakradhara Rao.
In a representation submitted to the education department, the committee demanded that the government immediately stop the process of rationalisation. If the government fails to do so, it threatened to launch a statewide movement.
“Surveys show that more than two lakh students have joined government schools this year. Under these circumstances, it is criminal that the government is undertaking rationalisation according to the 2019-20 district information education system (DISE) statistics instead of 2021-22,” the representation said.
The committee fears that rationalisation of schools would severely affect education of Dalits, adivasis, bahujans and those coming from economically weaker sections of society.
“There should be a school in every village. For that, teachers, students should work with the people to motivate them and launch a movement to protect schools in village and towns,” it added.
The committee fears rationalisation of schools would severely affect education of Dalits, Adivasis, bahujans and those coming from economically weaker sections of the society.