Hyderabad, March 5 -- Teaching and non-teaching staff working in Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBV), Urban Residential Schools (URS) and Samagra Shiksha have announced a "Chalo Assembly" protest on March 20, demanding minimum wages, proper designations, health security and relief from excessive workload.

The Telangana State United Teachers' Federation (TSUTF), in a statement to the media on Wednesday, March 4, demanded that the state government make adequate budget provisions in the Budget Session of the Assembly to meet the pay requirements of staff who were being paid well below acceptable levels.

The federation demanded that the state government recognise special officers as principals, PGCRTs as junior lecturers, and CRTs, PET...