Education Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy today transferred online financial assistance to 2.04 lakh private teachers and staff.
From the MCRHRD campus in the city, the minister offered Rs 40.94 crore in all to 2,04,743 teachers and staff of private schools in the state, through direct transfer of Rs 2,000 per head.
In addition, she also offered 25 kg of fine rice per head for May.
The education and other departments had coordinated to offer this aid, and the teachers and staff would continue to get this benefit until the schools reopened, Reddy said.