Teachers’ Day celebrations likely to lose their sheen due to boycott by several important teachers’ organisations, including APTF and UTF. Due to Covid-19, the officials programmes were not conducted in 2020 and 2021 and the presentation of awards was mostly in the virtual mode.
Andhra Pradesh Teachers Federation (Registered No.257) State General Secretary Koppula Bhanumurthy alleged that State government had hurt lakhs of teachers with ill-treatment, filing of criminal cases and bind over charges while ignoring their hard work and dedication in gettting more admissions to government schools in the last three years.