Focus on infra at govt schools, teachers to Telangana govt

PRTU State chief says English medium will help students to compete in all competitive exams

Hyderabad: Several teachers have opined that effective implementation of the ‘Mana Ooru-Mana Badi’ programme would be a game-changer for government schools across the State.

Apart from focussing on the infrastructure including the construction of new additional classrooms and new toilets as part of the programme, several teachers want the State government to provide digital equipment for audio-visual teaching in each classroom besides teaching aids. They also want the government to provide sanitary workers for all the government schools and timely release of school grants for maintaining the schools.
To improve the quality of education, teachers stressed the immediate need for recruiting new teachers in the existing vacancies.

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While welcoming the State government’s decision to introduce English medium of education in all government schools, the teachers urged the government to initiate steps for training in-service teachers in English communication skills. “It’s a good decision to introduce English medium in government schools. This will help students in the long run as all the competitive examinations are being mostly conducted in English,” Progressive Recognised Teachers’ union (PRTU) Telangana president, P Sripal Reddy said.

United Teachers’ Federation, Telangana State, general secretary, Chava Ravi said in the absence of English medium in the government schools, every year several students join the private schools as they offer English as a medium of instruction.

“Now that a decision has been taken to introduce English medium in the government schools, the enrolments will shoot up. Also, necessary steps should be initiated for recruiting new teachers besides in-service teachers must be trained in English communication skills,” Ravi said.

Describing ‘Mana Ooru-Mana Badi’ as a good initiative, Veera Chary, teacher at Government Primary School in Borabanda, stressed the need for monitoring schools so as to improve the quality of education. “All the monitoring posts should be filled. The schools should be given a mandate of enrolling a minimum of 40 students in each class. To improve the quality of education, based on the performance of students, the government should initiate action against the teachers,” Chary added.

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