Every Assembly Constituency Will Get Telangana Public School, Says Revanth

Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Wednesday announced that the state government would establish a Telangana Public School (TPS) with state-of-the-art infrastructure and international standards in every Assembly constituency in the state to provide quality education and sports training to students and nurture future leaders and sporting champions.

After inaugurating the first Telangana Public School at Arutla village in Manchala mandal of Rangareddy district, Revanth Reddy described the institution as a model for educational reforms in the state.

Addressing a public meeting, the Chief Minister said Telangana’s future did not lie in glass-embellished palaces or colourful walls but in classrooms, and dedicated the Arutla Telangana Public School to all students studying in government schools across the state.

Revanth Reddy stated that the government was strengthening public education based on the recommendations of the Education Commission and noted that 1,814 students had already enrolled in the Arutla school. He said it was a matter of pride that a government school had been forced to display a ‘No Admissions’ board due to overwhelming demand for seats.

The Chief Minister commended the teachers of the Arutla school for successfully competing with corporate educational institutions and said the establishment of Telangana Public Schools was a sincere effort to revive a neglected education system.

He highlighted that many distinguished leaders and officials, including former prime minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, former Union minister S. Jaipal Reddy and himself, had studied in government schools, which proves that studying in public institutions had never been a matter of shame.

The Chief Minister urged the students to excel academically, become IAS and IPS officers, political leaders and responsible citizens, while enabling their parents to live with dignity and self-respect.

Highlighting the government’s initiatives in education, Revanth Reddy said Telangana had allocated nearly Rs 27,000 crore, or 8.5 per cent of the total state budget, to the education sector. He said students were being provided breakfast, mid-day meals, quality uniforms and educational kits.

The Chief Minister also pointed to the establishment of Young India Integrated Residential Schools, where children from all social backgrounds study together under one roof, helping eliminate caste differences. He said the government was also setting up Young India Skills University and Young India Sports University to promote skill development and sporting excellence among youth.

Emphasising the importance of sports, Revanth Reddy said schools should become centres for identifying and nurturing talent. He said the Young India Sports University had been established to produce Olympic medal winners and that sports training programmes had already been introduced in schools.

Without naming the BRS directly, he warned that political rivals who continued to spread falsehoods would lose even their opposition status in the next Assembly elections. He challenged opposition leaders to visit the Arutla Telangana Public School and assess the government’s efforts to strengthen public education.

The Chief Minister also dismissed allegations of large-scale corruption in the procurement of student kits and supplies. Referring to charges made by BRS leaders, he said the opposition had alleged a Rs 2,000 crore to Rs 3,000 crore scam in tenders that were actually worth only about Rs 650 crore to Rs 685 crore. “If they allege Rs 3,000 crore corruption in a Rs 685 crore tender, I can only feel sorry for them,” he remarked.