Anganwadi teachers detained for protesting at Telangana Secretariat

Hyderabad: Anganwadi teachers protesting in front of the Telangana Secretariat against the establishment of pre-primary schools under the state’s education department were detained by the police on Thursday, September 25.

Videos have surfaced on the internet where protesters are being shoved into police vans or are sitting at police stations across the city.

Anganwadi Teachers’ Union had called for the protest in mid-September after the Telangana government in July decided to establish pre-primary sections in 790 government schools across the state, in addition to the already existing 210 pre-primary sections.

Anganwadi workers feared for their livelihood, saying that establishing pre-primary schools under the state’s education department would decrease student enrolment in Anganwa