Andhra CM defends Mega DSC-2025 teacher recruitment

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday defended the Mega DSC-2025 teacher recruitment drive, asserting that the selection process was conducted with transparency.

Addressing the Assembly, the Chief Minister said every candidate’s selection is traceable and accountable.

“Everything was transparent… every candidate selection is traceable and accountable,” he said, adding that there was zero compromise while conducting the examination. Naidu said the teacher’s recruitment through ‘Mega DSC’ fulfilled one of the core poll promises. He said 3.3 lakh aspirants had applied for the DSC examination, which offered 15,941 Government teacher jobs. Noting that the entire examination procedure was completed in 148 days, the CM said 89 test sessions were conducted, and 42,000 questions were compiled from 13 subjects.

Naidu said the people who bagged jobs were happy and underlined that their stories were moving, adding that some aspirants had prepared for seven long years.

The CM said the southern state had implemented a sports quota in DSC – 2025, adhering to the guidelines implemented by the Centre.

Hitting out at YSRCP supremo YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, Naidu accused the previous YSRCP Government of having “failed” to fill a single teaching post.

According to the CM, between 10 lakh and 12 lakh students had quit Government schools under the previous administration while one lakh students transitioned from private to Government schools under the current political dispensation.

Though there was no deviation from the teacher recruitment notification, he accused the Opposition party of filing more than 300 cases against DSC-2025.

Moreover, Naidu expressed astonishment that YSRCP was the “only” party which did not attend the House for more than two years.