Hyderabad, June 12 -- Ghattu and KT Doddi mandals of Jogulamba Gadwal district are among the most backwards mandals in the country. The total literacy rate of Ghattu mandal as per the 2011 census was 36.56 percent, with the female literacy rate being 23.54 percent. In KT Doddi, the total literacy rate was 49.87 percent, with a female literacy rate of 39.48 percent. While much has changed in the past decade or so, more needs to be done.

Much of the backwardness in these mandals has been attributed to high migration and child labour, mostly in cotton picking, as a result of poverty.

Even as the schools have reopened for the 2025-26 academic year on Thursday, June 12, the shortage of teaching staff in the government schools has sparked pro...