Employment of more than 16,000 teachers would be started during the first week of April: Andhra CM

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday stated that the process of appointing 16,347 teachers through the District Selection Committee (DSC) exam will start in the first week of April. Speaking at the third Collectors' Conference at the Secretariat, the Chief Minister said the recruitment process for teachers should start in early April and be completed with their appointment before schools reopen for the next academic year in June.

Further, the CM indicated that teacher recruitment could incorporate Scheduled Castes (SC) sub-categorisation under the A, B, C, and D categories. The state has referred the one-man commission report submitted by Rajiv Ranjan Mishra on SC sub-categorization to the Centre and another important stakeholder, as per Naidu.

Depending on their response, the state will move ahead as pledged in the build-up to the 2024 elections, he added. District collectors were requested by the Chief Minister to see that the DSC examination is held perfectly.

Stressing welfare, development, and good governance as the three main pillars of administration, Naidu urged collectors to be ever vigilant to these priorities. He stressed that poverty elimination and public welfare are a must, particularly when hopes are high.

Further, Naidu pointed out that district collectors will be the Swarna Andhra-2047 Vision execution chairpersons, and MLAs will implement it at the constituency level. He emphasized that preparation for this vision must be done from the state level to the district, constituency, Mandal, and village secretariat levels.

Chief Minister also directed collectors to obtain environmental and other approvals required for Rs 55,000 crore worth of infrastructure projects, including national highways, and asked them to finish these in two years.

Pointing out that the Polavaram project is on track again with the Centre's support, Naidu stated that the mega-irrigation project is "set for completion" by 2027.

Charging the collectors with attaining a 15 percent growth rate, he stated that Andhra Pradesh had achieved a 13.5 percent growth rate between 2014 and 2019 but claimed that it fell to 10.3 percent during the last YSRCP rule.

Additionally, he instructed the collectors to scrutinize and recover GST arrears and take strict action against tax evaders, among other primary objectives.