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16,357 Andhra schools have only one teacher: Sharmila
AP Congress chief Y S Sharmila on Thursday alleged that 16,357 government schools in Andhra Pradesh are running with a single teacher. She called this the true 'report card' of the TDP-led…
The Story in Brief
AP Congress chief Y S Sharmila on Thursday alleged that 16,357 government schools in Andhra Pradesh are running with a single teacher. She called this the true 'report card' of the TDP-led NDA government at the Centre and in the state. Sharmila said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu are 'all talk and no action.' She questioned why the state has not secured minimum support for adequate teachers despite Naidu's claimed special relationship with Modi. There was no immediate reaction from the TDP.
The Indian Opinion
Sharmila's numbers may be accurate, but lazy narratives that blame only the NDA ignore decades of underfunding rural schools. Single-teacher schools are a chronic problem across many states, not a two-year failure. The real test is whether the state government’s 2026-27 budget shows a concrete teacher-hiring plan with timelines. Without that, both sides are just trading headlines.
Source: thehansindia.com
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