Drop move to restructure colleges: UTF

Opposing the proposed college restructure programme by the federal government as a part of reforms within the schooling sector, leaders of the Andhra Pradesh United Teachers’ Federation (APUTF) on Thursday hit the street demanding withdrawal of the associated Circular 172.

The federation held a State-wide protest demanding that the federal government drop its plan to merge Classes 3, 4 and 5 in excessive colleges within the identify of implementing the National Education Policy (NEP)-2020.

They stated, opposite to the Education Minister’s assurance that the NEP can be carried out solely after discussing the important thing points with all of the stakeholders, the officers of the Department of School Education had been engaged in making preparations for merger of Classes 3, 4 and 5 within the excessive colleges.

They stated the move was in opposition to the clause within the Right to Education Act that youngsters ought to have entry to major colleges inside a distance of 1 km. The completely different timings and instructing ranges of the first and excessive colleges would possibly trigger inconvenience to the first youngsters, they stated.

Increasing the space of the colleges to 3 km would possibly lead to college drop-outs, particularly among the many lady college students, they cautioned.

They prompt that as a substitute of dividing the first colleges, the federal government ought to set up a major college in each village, comprising pre-primary schooling together with Classes 1 to 5. A instructor needs to be appointed for each class, in addition to a headmaster, they added.

‘Withdraw Circular 172’

Reiterating their demand for withdrawal of Circular 172, they stated any choice on this regard needs to be arrived at solely after the problem was mentioned with all of the stakeholders.

The UTF leaders stated shut to 15,000 academics and greater than 11,000 mother and father in 659 mandals throughout the State participated within the agitation.