VIJAYAWADA: Firmly rejecting Opposition allegations over the Mega DSC teacher recruitment drive, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday assured the Legislative Assembly that the entire hiring process was executed with 100% transparency, zero deviations, and total digital accountability.
Asserting that his administration views education as the cornerstone of building world-class human resources, Naidu slammed the opposition YSRCP for engaging in ‘hit-and-run’ tactics on the streets rather than attending the Assembly to debate public issues directly.
“There is not a single deviation in the entire recruitment process or the notification guidelines,” Chief Minister Naidu stated on the floor of the House. “We filled 15,941 teacher posts in just 148 days, keeping our promise marked by first official signature upon assuming power. From TET and DSC notifications to horizontal and vertical reservation rosters, everything was made available transparently online. How much more transparent can a system be?”
The Chief Minister noted that 42,000 questions across 13 subjects were selected to conduct Computer Based Tests (CBT) across 154 centres.
Selection lists were generated strictly on a merit-cum-roster basis, supported by zonal, State-level, and appellate committees to resolve candidate grievances. Sports quota norms laid down by the Union government were strictly adhered to.
Naidu criticised the past administration for failing to recruit a single teacher while letting 10 to 12 lakh students drop out of government schools.
In contrast, he highlighted that out of 14 DSC recruitment drives conducted in the State’s history, 11 were executed under TDP and NDA governments without a single complaint of corruption.
“Through our Thalliki Vandanam financial assistance initiative and upgraded educational standards, over one lakh students have moved from private schools to government schools this year,” Naidu said, adding that his party has pioneered educational reforms over the last 30 years — from establishing Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam and residential schools under NTR to enacting laws for transparent teacher transfers.
Naidu accused the YSRCP of staging ‘fake demonstrations’ using hired labourers from Odisha and elderly partisans acting as fake Gen-Z youth. He pointed out that legitimate, merit-selected candidates were outraged by the slander. He challenged YSRCP MLAs to face a debate on the Assembly floor rather than playing games outside. “This is the first time in my career I am seeing a political party stay away from the Assembly for two-and-a-half years while continuing to draw salaries and enjoy official privileges,” he added.
