Telangana CM Revanth Reddy has announced the opening of 100 Public Schools this year. The government will also introduce AI education, a breakfast program for students, and form a committee to regulate private school fees across the state.
100 New Telangana Public Schools Announced
Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has announced that Telangana Public Schools would be opened in 100 constituencies across the state from this academic year. All the 100 public schools would be developed similarly to the famous Telangana Public School in Arutla, Manchala mandal of Rangareddy district. All the schools would be equipped with teaching-friendly classrooms, sports grounds, teaching staff and also transport facilities, according to a release.
Upgradation of Government Schools
The Chief Minister on Thursday conducted a review of the Education department at the Command Control Centre. Emphasising that all the government schools in Telangana should be developed as a role model to provide quality education, the CM made it clear that the government is ready to provide adequate funds to strengthen the education sector.
Directing the engineers to construct government schools in the Core Urban Region Economy (CURE) area on the lines of corporate schools, CM Revanth Reddy stressed that modern technology should be used in the construction, and the construction of 12 integrated new schools specified under the CURE area should be completed within a year. The officials were also ordered that all the facilities available in Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and Jubilee Hills Public Schools in the city should be provided in these integrated schools. The Government will not compromise in the upgradation of 164 schools with additional rooms and other facilities to be provided in the 17 schools in the CURE.
Focus on AI and Technical Education
The CM suggested a week-long program be taken up on education-related issues during the 99-day programme in the schools. The public representatives and officials should visit schools and colleges to find out about the provision of necessary facilities and other issues, and take steps to resolve them. In the wake of the increasing role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the world, CM Revanth Reddy instructed the officials to immediately take necessary steps to provide education on AI from the school level. Organising short-term training classes on AI for teachers and lecturers to keep abreast of the changing technology and honing skills of the students in AI to grab the world of opportunities was discussed in the meeting. The Chief Minister asserted that the changes should also be brought to the technical education system, the release stated.
Further, the CM ordered that AI-based courses be started immediately in polytechnic colleges and ATCs by stopping the outdated courses. Those who completed courses in polytechnics and ATCs should immediately get employment opportunities in various industries, the Chief Minister said that funds will be allocated to all universities in the state. The CM reminded that Rs 1000 crore has already been allocated to Osmania University. The Chief Minister ordered the Chairman of the Higher Education Board, Balkishta Reddy, to submit a report on the requirement of funds for the remaining universities.
New Student Welfare Schemes
Reviewing the arrangements for introducing breakfast for students in all government schools from the 2026-2027 academic year, the CM made several suggestions to the officials and representatives of the Hare Krishna Mission regarding the provision of breakfast. Along with breakfast, milk should be provided to every student, the Chief Minister said, ordering the officials to purchase milk from the government-owned Vijaya Dairy. The officials were also instructed to use technology to ascertain the requirement of calories for students regularly.
A new Kit of books, uniforms, school bags, pens, pencils, sharpeners, colored pencils, geometry boxes, a dictionary, shoes, and socks would be provided to the students. The government will provide sufficient funds for this, according to the release.
Private School Fee Regulation
During the meeting, the Telangana Private Schools Fee Regulatory Monitoring Commission submitted its report to CM Revanth Reddy regarding the regulation of fees in private schools. The Commission briefed the CM about the policies implemented in various states in regulating the fees.
The Chief Minister instructed District Collectors and DEOs to conduct a visit at the district level and submit a report on fees. At the state level, a committee with a retired judge or retired chief secretary would take final decisions on the fee structure. The CM also suggested that the draft should be kept in the public domain to seek the opinions of students' parents, intellectuals and social workers on the fee structure.
New Education Policy and Implementation
Telangana Education Commission Chairman Akunuri Murali and members submitted the report on the Telangana education policy to Chief Minister Reddy. The Education Commission Chairman and members briefed the CM that they visited America, Vietnam and Malaysia and studied the best practices in various countries and states and prepared the report. The Chairman explained each point in the report at length.
CM also expressed his views on the respective issues and made several suggestions. Thereafter, the Chief Minister entrusted the responsibility of preparing a report on the issues that need to be implemented and adopting legislation with the Government Advisor Kesava Rao, the release said.
Chief Minister's Advisor Vem Narender Reddy, State Government Advisor Kesava Rao, CM's Principal Secretary Seshadri, CM's Special Secretary Ajith Reddy, Higher Education Council Chairman Professor Balakrishna Reddy, Education Secretary Yogita Rana, Technical Education Commissioner Devasena, Intermediate Board Director Krishna Aditya, Education Department Special Secretary Venkatesh Dhotre, School Education Department Director Naveen Nicholas, Samagra Shiksha Nodal Officer, D. Nagaraju, Osmania University VC Professor Molugaram Kumar, Dr. BR Ambedkar Open University VC Professor Ghanta Chakrapani, Education Commission members Professor PL Vishweshwar Rao, Charakonda Venkatesh, Jyotsna Shiva Reddy, Professor Padmaja Shah, Karthik Subrahmanyan, Veera Vasavi, Zennatfar Azmi Syed. N Venkatesh, Sheikh Javed Afroz, J Swapna and others participated.(ANI)
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