FAPTO threatens to boycott work adjustment process in schools

Members of the Federation of Andhra Pradesh Teachers’ Organisations have opposed the G.O. issued by the School Education Department on work adjustment of teaching staff, calling it a unilateral decision of the government. At a meeting held on Monday, the federation chairman L. Sai Srinivas and secretary general S. Chiranjeevi said that they had raised certain objections pertaining to the work adjustment policy in an online meeting held with the department officials, and appealed to them to release the orders after addressing the issues flagged by them. Demanding a meeting in offline mode, they said if the existing discrepancies were not resolved, they would be forced to boycott the work adjustment process. ‘Corporatisation of education’ The Andhra Pradesh United Teachers’ Federation said that the implementation of the National Education Policy-2020 would lead to closure of State-run schools across the country, as “it is designed to favour the educational institutions in the corporate sector.” Addressing a meeting called to celebrate the 25th formation day of the national-level body, the School Teachers’ Federation of India, the UTF president said some of the components of NEP-2020 were detrimental to the interests of the school education system.