Salary delays leave 23,000 Samagra Shiksha employees in distress
Approximately 23,000 Samagra Shiksha employees in Andhra Pradesh have not received their salaries for two months, leading to severe financial distress. Teacher associations are demanding a permanent payment mechanism to ensure timely compensation for these essential education workers.
Why it matters
The delay in salary payments for public sector employees highlights systemic administrative failures and the vulnerability of workers in the education sector.
Leaders of Andhra Pradesh Primary Teachers’ Association (APPTA) on Sunday demanded the immediate release of the salaries of Samagra Shiksha employees, which have been pending for the last two months.
In a statement, the association’s State president K. Prakash Rao and general secretary M. G. Mehdi urged the government to implement a permanent mechanism to ensure salary payments on a fixed date every month and adopt measures to provide financial security to the Samagra Shiksha employees.
They said approximately 23,000 Samagra Shiksha employees working under the Department of School Education across 28 districts of Andhra Pradesh had not received their salaries for the past two months and were facing severe financial and psychological hardships.
“It is deeply distressing that these employees, who serve as the backbone of the government education system, are being forced into debt to support their families and meet basic living expenses,” they said.
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