Hyderabad: Since the introduction of a unified timetable in residential educational institutions last July, teachers and staff have raised concerns about their feasibility. They cite infrastructure barriers, exhaustion and implementation gaps. Order No. 16 issued on July 2, 2024, sets a fixed daily schedule, providing students at institutions of Tres, TSWREIS, TGTWREIS, MJPTBCWREIS and TGMREI from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. The directive has caused discomfort among educators, who say it was executed without acknowledging ground reality.
Many schools continue to operate from rented buildings without staff accommodation or independent hotel space. Some classrooms doubled the dormitory. Without resident staff or caregivers, teachers can make long and night responsibilities difficult to manage. Congressional MLC Pingili Sripal Reddy sent a letter to the Chief Minister on May 14, responding to many concerns. He called the schedule impractical and asked the government to restore it to its previous schedule. His letter said that an extended day at 6.30 pm and breakfast affects students’ health and well-being, especially in the absence of proper dormitories or kitchens.
The new schedule allocates fixed slots for fixed studies, exercise and meals, but there is little time to recover or rest. Unions like TSUTF repeatedly describe the timeline as unscientific and overly. TGWREIS officials confirmed they had contacted Chief Minister Revanth Reddy a day ago to request an amendment. “The faculty and staff have problems with the timeline because some of them are away from the timeline,” said an official, noting that so far there are no directives of change in the state.
