Govt will hold DSC every year: Lokesh

MINISTER for HRD Nara Lokesh has announced that the State government will conduct the District Selection Committee (DSC) examination annually to fill teacher vacancies, marking a significant shift in the recruitment policy.

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Vijayawada

This comes after the successful conduct of Mega DSC 2025 for 16,347 teacher posts, the first of its kind in the State's history. During a review meeting with senior education department officials at his Undavalli residence on Friday, Lokesh highlighted the effective implementation of reforms over the past 14 months aimed at improving educational standards in government schools.

He emphasised that the ultimate goal of these reforms is to achieve better learning outcomes, placing the responsibility on officials and teachers to focus on results.

According to the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), Andhra Pradesh ranks 14th nationally in the implementation of the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) programme.

Lokesh called for constructive measures to improve this ranking, stating that the State aims to make guaranteed FLN a right for every child—the first such initiative in the country. "With the cooperation of teachers, we will work towards ensuring guaranteed FLN reaches every child, even in remote areas," he said.