Give Me Two Years, I Will Resolve Teachers’ Issues: Revanth Reddy

Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has appealed to teachers to support the Telangana government’s ongoing education reforms, promising to resolve their long-pending service and financial issues within two years, subject to the state’s financial position.

Addressing Teachers’ Day celebrations at the Government Junior College in Kodangal, the Chief Minister said problems relating to the Pay Revision Commission (PRC), increments, pending salaries and other concerns of teachers and lecturers would be addressed without forcing them to repeatedly approach the government.

Revanth Reddy urged teachers to trust the government and give it two years to deliver on its commitments. He said he would return to them during the next elections and face their assessment if the promised issues were not resolved. He also cautioned that teachers holding protests and taking to the streets was not a positive signal for the state.

“Teachers shape the future of children,” the Chief Minister said, urging educators to show the same dedication towards students in government schools that they show towards their own children. He described teachers as his “family” and “team”, saying they had a crucial role in transforming Telangana’s education system.

Revanth Reddy claimed his government was moving education “from destruction to development” after a decade of neglect under the previous administration. He highlighted the completion of teacher transfers, resolution of GO 317-related issues and clearance of long-pending promotions. He said teachers were also being sent abroad to study successful education models and that an education commission had been constituted to formulate a new education policy.

On concerns over bringing polytechnic education under the Skills University, the Chief Minister dismissed what he termed misinformation. He said polytechnic courses would be redesigned to combine two years of classroom learning with a third year of industry internship, with participating companies expected to provide a ₹9,000 stipend. Diploma holders would continue to have lateral-entry opportunities into the second year of BTech or engineering courses, while teachers’ and lecturers’ service rights would remain protected.

The Chief Minister stressed that skill development, innovation and employability must complement conventional degrees. He cited the modernisation of ITIs into Advanced Technology Centres and stronger industry linkages as steps towards creating better employment opportunities.

Citing Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace as an example of innovation, Revanth Reddy said Telangana would encourage students to move from skills to innovation, startups and entrepreneurship.

He said Telangana’s education ranking had improved from 28th to 17th, while government schools had recorded more than 80,000 additional admissions in two years, crediting teachers for the progress.

He also alleged that around ₹8,000 crore in retirement benefits had been left pending by the previous government and said his administration had cleared ₹6,000 crore within its first 100 days. He called upon teachers to become active partners in the reforms and help make Telangana’s education system a model for the country.