Overnight job loss for native teachers, disproportionate number of recruits from Hindi states are the direct result of Union government mandating proficiency in Hindi, regardless of candidates’ state of domicile, or where they would be posted.
Some 100 kilometres away from Hyderabad, EMRS Kalwakurthy is also facing many challenges, thanks to the recruitment of teachers from Hindi-speaking states.
The Union government made Hindi proficiency a mandatory criterion for the recruitment test for teachers in Eklavya Model Residential Schools. The decision has resulted in a disproportionate number of recruits from Hindi-speaking states, cutting short the strength of non-Hindi-speaking teachers in Telangana. Reports of teachers switching to Hindi mid-lecture further added to the concerns of parents, and students.