Teachers’ union raises concern over school restructuring plan

Leaders of the Andhra Pradesh Teachers’ Federation (APTF) have raised considerations over the federal government’s proposed school restructuring programme as a part of reforms within the schooling sector.

The government committee of the federation, which met in digital mode on Sunday, handed resolutions after discussing key points.

The leaders demanded that the proposed pre-primary courses needs to be linked to the first faculties and Anganwadi employees needs to be given ample coaching earlier than beginning these new establishments. Trained academics needs to be appointed to show the preparatory class meant for kids above 5 years.

They reiterated their plea to drop the proposed division of the first courses and stated that making youngsters of Classes 1 to five journey a distance of greater than 1 km would violate the phrases of the Right to Education Act.

They stated higher major faculties with 75 college students within the 6, 7, and eight Classes needs to be upgraded as excessive faculties. Primary faculties ought to proceed to have Telugu as a medium of instruction and in excessive faculties, college students needs to be given the liberty of selection on the medium of instruction. Plus Two schooling needs to be included within the excessive faculties with a power of 400 college students from Class 6 to Class 10 and sanction a publish of headmaster in each major school.

They additionally demanded fast steps to fill the vacant instructor posts and make representatives of instructor unions, intellectuals, educationists and MLCs a part of the discussions on the modifications the federal government proposed to introduce within the school schooling sector.