# 7,000 newly recruited Andhra teachers hold self-respect rally 2026-08-16T18:26:51+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 3 independent outlets Nearly 7,000 teachers selected through the 2025 District Selection Committee (DSC) recruitment held an 'Atma Gaurava' (self-respect) rally in Vijayawada on Sunday, protesting what they called a malicious campaign by YSRC leaders against their appointments. The rally began near Indira Gandhi Municipal Stadium and proceeded to Swaraj Maidan. The teachers, from erstwhile Prakasam, Guntur, Krishna and West Godavari districts, asserted they earned their jobs through merit and rejected the description of the recruitment as 'Mega DSC, Daga DSC'. They also questioned former chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, asking if his rise to power on sympathy after his father's death was itself a compassionate appointment. Separately, Andhra Pradesh Education Minister Nara Lokesh announced that the state will conduct DSC teacher recruitment every year, shifting from the previous practice of large, sporadic drives. Lokesh said the first Mega DSC under the coalition government filled 16,347 posts, attracting 3,36,300 applications, and the entire process was completed in 148 days. He contrasted this with the previous YSRCP administration, under which no teacher recruitment took place between 2019 and 2024, which he linked to nearly 12 lakh students moving from government to private schools. Lokesh also revealed that Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu had warned him to be fully dedicated when appointing him as Education Minister, a warning Lokesh said he took very seriously. He added that future DSC recruitments will be conducted transparently and asked aspiring teachers to remain prepared. ## Coverage - deccanchronicle.com - telugu360.com - m9.news This story was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources. Last updated 2026-08-17T13:25:55+00:00. Tags: DSC-2025, Jagan Mohan Reddy, Vijayawada, YSRC Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/7000-dsc-teachers-stage-self-respect-rally-in-vijayawada/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/7000-dsc-teachers-stage-self-respect-rally-in-vijayawada/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/