Telangana Aims To Make Integrated Residential Schools 'National Models': Bhatti Vikramarka
Nutritious breakfast served daily to 27 lakh students across the state: Reports
WARANGAL: Ensuring quality education for every child in Telangana - from pre-primary to higher education - is the state government's top priority, Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu said on Wednesday.
He said the government was committed to transforming the education sector through initiatives such as Young India integrated residential schools and Telangana public schools.
Addressing a programme in Warangal, Bhatti said the initiatives had been launched under the leadership of Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to provide equal educational opportunities to children from all sections of society. The objective was to make Telangana's education system a national model and enable its students to compete with those of the world's top 10 countries.
He said 105 Young India integrated residential schools would be established across the state, each spread over 20 to 25 acres at an estimated cost of Rs 200 crore. The fully residential institutions would provide English-medium education to students from SC, ST, BC, minority and other communities on a common campus.
The government would also establish Telangana public schools in every assembly constituency. These schools would provide transport facilities for students from pre-primary to Class 12, enabling them to travel between home and school.
Bhatti said students would receive free books, notebooks, school bags and uniforms, besides breakfast and lunch six days a week. Trained teachers and digital learning facilities would also be provided.
Referring to the government's nutrition initiative, he said nearly 27 lakh students in government, Zilla Parishad, municipal and residential schools were being provided nutritious breakfast every day. Food was prepared in centralised kitchens and delivered to schools between 8.30 am and 9.30 am.
The initiative reflected the government's commitment to ensuring that no child was left behind because of social or economic disadvantages, he said.
Bhatti laid the foundation stone for a Telangana public school in the Warangal west constituency, represented by MLA Naini Rajender Reddy, on the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the nation’s first education minister.
MP Kadiyam Kavya, MLC Baswaraju Saraiah, MLA KR Nagaraju, finance corporation chairman Sirisilla Rajiah, KUDA chairman Gundu Sudharani and collector Chahat Bajpai were among those present.