Remedial classes for SSC-reattempting students: govt. urged to give options to teachers
Member of Legislative Council (MLC) from Progressive Democratic Front (PDF) B. Gopi Murthy said that teachers were being harassed in the name of remedial classes.
In a statement, the MLC said SSC results were released on April 23, 2025 and has a pass percentage of 81.14. The remaining 18.86% students are gearing up to write the supplementary exams. He said the department had issued instructions to conduct mandatory remedial classes for these students, unfairly denying summer vacations to teachers.
Pointing out that the service rules implemented for teachers include summer vacation, he appealed to Director of School Education Vijay Rama Raju to allow teachers to use their summer holidays.
Leaders of Andhra Pradesh Teachers Federation (APTF) have also urged the School Education Department to make teachers' participation in conducting remedial classes optional or grant an Earned Leave (EL) for teachers taking classes in the summer vacation.
The federation's State president G. Hridaya Raju and general secretary S. Chiranjeevi pointed to the instructions that the 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily classes will include mid-day-meal. They said since the Education Department had already declared summer holidays from April 24 to June 11, most teachers had already travelled to their home towns or gone on vacation with their families.
They, however, said that some teachers had volunteered to take the remedial classes in the mornings. They had also distributed handbooks printed by the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) and by forwarding through WhatsApp question and answer material.
They said the officials should make attendance for teachers optional or grant Earned Leave (EL) as per the rule.
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