KGBV teachers demand salary revision, regularisation of services

Key points

• 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.
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• 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’.