TS UTF president Chava Ravi and general secretary A Venkat requested the government to immediately withdraw the decision to deploy regular teachers for inspection duties.
Government schools have seen a 4.45 lakh drop in enrolments, while private schools gained 5.37 lakh new students, despite government schools offering English medium instruction.
Five students of Class IV and four students of Class V have been attending the online classes using the smartphones of their teachers since September 2020