KGBV teachers demand salary revision, regularisation of services
Teachers from Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs) are demanding better salaries and regularisation of their employment. The protests, including a hunger strike, highlight concerns over exploitative working conditions faced by these women educators. Support from political leaders has been voiced, urging the government to address the disparities and uphold commitments to women empowerment.
- ▪MLC Borra Gopi Murthy expressed concern over the working conditions of KGBV teachers.
- ▪Nearly 5,700 KGBV teachers in Andhra Pradesh have faced discriminatory conditions for 25 years.
- ▪The hunger strike was led by K. Vijayagouri, who called for immediate government action on their demands.
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PDF member of the Legislative Council (MLC) Borra Gopi Murthy on Wednesday raised concern over what he called ‘exploitative working conditions faced by women teachers’ in Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs) and urged the government to improve their salaries and regularise their employment.Speaking at a hunger strike by the members of KGBV Teachers’ Federation at Dharna Chowk demanding implementation of minimum time scale pay, salary revisions and regularisation of services, the MLC assured the protesting teachers of his continued support until their demands were fulfilled.Former MLC K. S. Lakshmana Rao criticised the government for ‘failing to uphold its commitment’ to women empowerment and alleged that KGBV teachers were being forced to work under ‘unfair conditions’.
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