The Telangana Education Department directed teachers working in government schools to report for duty on the 25th of June. The Telangana Education Minister P. Sabitha Indra Reddy, recently conducted a meeting with the State Education Department officials, following which issued orders for teachers of government schools in Telangana.
The School Education Department issued a circular directing all teachers of government, model schools, KGBVs, TREIS, government aided and DIET colleges to attend their respective schools and colleges from the 25th of June.
While the teachers were asked to report on the 25th of June, the State Government is planning to resume offline classes from the 1st of July.
k.Chandrashekar Rao, the Chief Minister of Telangana, announced to reopen schools and educational institutions from the 1st of July. The decision was taken on the 19th of June, during a meeting held to discuss the then imposed lockdown.
The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Government lifted the lockdown from the 20th of June and announced to reopen schools across Telangana.
The School Education Department has proposed to start physical classes for Classes 8, 9 and 10 from July 1 and it will function from 9.30 A.M., to 3.30 P.M.
In the case of Classes 6 and 7, it was proposed from the 20th of July 20 and for Classes 3, 4 and 5 from the 16th of August.
However, the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party opposed the decision and criticised the KCR Government. Besides the BJP, the National Students Union of India (NSUI) also expressed concern over the decision of reopening schools and educational institutions from the 1st of July. The NSUI President B. Venkat, said, if the TRS Government would not withdraw orders of reopening schools, the NSUI would start a State wise protest.
Meanwhile, a final decision on the reopening of schools is yet to be taken by the State Government.
Stay tuned for further updates.
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