Private teachers press for job security, health cards and welfare measures
Private teachers in the Godavari districts are advocating for job security, health cards, and welfare measures. During a conference, leaders emphasized the importance of collective action to address these issues and highlighted the challenges faced by private educators, including inadequate pay and lack of dignity. The conference concluded with the formation of a new State convening committee to further these efforts.
- ▪Teachers' MLC Borra Gopi Murthy called for identity and health cards for private teachers.
- ▪Former MLC K. S. Lakshmana Rao highlighted that many private teachers are not paid minimum wages.
- ▪CITU State general secretary A. V. Nageswara Rao urged unity among educational employees to address common issues.
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Teachers’ MLC for the combined Godavari districts Borra Gopi Murthy on Sunday urged the government to issue identity and health cards, establish a welfare board and welfare fund, and ensure job security for private teachers and lecturers in the State.Addressing a conference organised by the Private Teachers, Lecturers and Professors Welfare Association (PTLPWA) at the UTF State office here, Mr. Murthy said these demands could be achieved only through unity and sustained collective pressure on the government.Former MLC and Jana Vignana Vedika State president K. S. Lakshmana Rao said private educational institutions now accounted for a larger share of student enrolment than government institutions and credited private teachers for the academic performance of these institutions.
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