Archive · 16 Aug 2026
Teachers Rally in Vijayawada to Counter DSC-2025 Recruitment Allegations
The state of Andhra Pradesh in India needed lots of new teachers.
The government held a big test to choose 16,347 people for teaching jobs.
Thousands of people passed the test and got the jobs.
But a political party called the YSR Congress Party says the test was not fair.
They believe some people may have gotten jobs without deserving them.
The teachers who got the jobs feel sad and angry about these claims.
So they held a big walk to show that they worked hard and earned their jobs.
About 5,000 teachers joined the walk in a city called Vijayawada.
They asked the YSR party to stop saying bad things about them.
Even courts are involved now, with hundreds of cases filed about the test.
About 5,000 teachers recruited under Mega DSC-2025 held a rally in Vijayawada to counter allegations of irregularities in recruitment for 16,347 teaching posts in Andhra Pradesh.
Teachers from erstwhile West Godavari, Krishna and Prakasam districts marched from Indira Gandhi Municipal Stadium to Ambedkar Smriti Vanam.
The teachers said they were selected on the basis of merit and demanded the YSR Congress Party stop what they called its 'vicious' campaign.
YSRCP has been demanding a CBI probe into the recruitment process and the resignation of Education Minister Nara Lokesh.
At least 335 court cases have been filed over the recruitment process, including 69 related to the sports quota and three in the Supreme Court.
- Who
- Newly recruited teachers under Mega DSC-2025, the opposition YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), and Andhra Pradesh's School Education Department.
- What
- A rally by about 5,000 selected teachers countering allegations of irregularities in the recruitment process for 16,347 teaching posts.
- When
- On Sunday, following similar earlier protests in Kurnool, Tirupati and other districts.
- Where
- Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India; the march ran from Indira Gandhi Municipal Stadium to Ambedkar Smriti Vanam.
- Why
- To defend the teachers' selections as merit-based and demand that YSRCP stop its campaign of allegations against the recruitment process.
Government & Selected Teachers
YSR Congress Party (YSRCP)
Fairness of DSC-2025 recruitment
Government & Selected Teachers
The teachers were selected on merit through a technology-driven and rule-based process; complaints stem from individual grievances and differences in interpretation of revised horizontal reservation methodology.
YSR Congress Party (YSRCP)
The examination conduct, merit lists, certificate verification, horizontal reservation and sports quota involved irregularities that must be examined.
CBI probe and Minister's resignation
Government & Selected Teachers
The School Education Department denies all allegations and backs the recruitment process and Education Minister Nara Lokesh.
YSR Congress Party (YSRCP)
YSRCP demands a Central Bureau of Investigation probe and the resignation of Education Minister Nara Lokesh; MLC Parvathareddy Chandrasekhar Reddy filed a PIL seeking the CBI probe.
SCERT's role in the examination
Government & Selected Teachers
The department defends entrusting both question-paper preparation and examination conduct to SCERT as part of a transparent, technology-driven process.
YSR Congress Party (YSRCP)
Departing from earlier practice by assigning both functions to SCERT compromised the transparency of the recruitment process.
- Recruitment drive
- Mega DSC-2025 for 16,347 teaching posts in Andhra Pradesh
- Rally turnout
- About 5,000 participants
- Rally route
- Indira Gandhi Municipal Stadium to Ambedkar Smriti Vanam
- Districts represented
- Erstwhile West Godavari, Krishna and Prakasam
- Court cases
- 335 cases filed, including 69 on sports quota and 3 in Supreme Court
- YSRCP demands
- CBI probe and resignation of Education Minister Nara Lokesh
- Allegations raised
- Irregularities in exam conduct, merit lists, certificate verification, horizontal reservation and sports quota
- Official response
- School Education Department denies allegations; says process was technology-driven and rule-based