Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to Open Model School Tomorrow

 HYDERABAD: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy will inaugurate the showpiece Telangana Public School at Arutla in Ranga Reddy district on Wednesday, where 1,814 students from pre-primary to Intermediate are enrolled. The government says the campus will offer English-medium education, free transport, three meals a day, digital classrooms, laboratories and sports facilities.

Revanth Reddy is scheduled to reach Arutla at 9.30 am and unveil the school pylon. He will inspect classrooms, library, science laboratories, dining hall and playgrounds before meeting students, teachers and school committee members. He will also have breakfast with students and later address a public meeting.

The Telangana Education Commission (TEC) has described the school as the Chief Minister’s “dream project” and said it was developed under the supervision of TEC chairman Dr Akunuri Murali and members P.L. Visweswara Rao, Dr Charakonda Venkatesh and Jyotsna Siva Reddy.

Classes will run from nursery to Intermediate on one campus. The school has 150 pre-primary students, 600 primary students, 800 students across two high-school blocks, 160 in Intermediate first year and 104 in second year.

Five buses have been arranged for students from nearby villages. Breakfast, lunch and evening snacks will be provided. The campus also has a library, gym, dining halls, well-ventilated classrooms and facilities for cricket, football, volleyball, kho-kho, kabaddi, tennis and carrom. Separate coaches have been assigned for sports.

Arutla and Manchal in Rangareddy district, along with Vangoor and Polkampally in the erstwhile Mahbubnagar district, were selected for the pilot phase. The government plans to open 100 Telangana Public Schools across the state in phases.

According to TEC, demand for admission had risen to the point that the school had displayed a “No Admission” board. It also said some parents had chosen to move their children from private schools to the government-run campus.