Welfare hostel students greeting Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy along with his Cabinet colleagues during the Children’s Day Celebrations at L.B Stadium in Hyderabad on Thursday.
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Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy affirmed his government’s commitment to school education, recalling that the Education sector was allocated 7% in the State budget like never before and the decade-long pending issues like transfers of 35,000 teachers and promotions of 20,000 teachers were taken up.
He was speaking at the ‘Children’s Day’ celebrations at the LB Stadium on Thursday marking the birth anniversary of first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Ministers and senior officials, apart from students from various schools, participated in the programme. He said for the first time in the country the State government constituted an Education Commission to solve the students’ issues and provide a roadmap for their better future. This will benefit the 26 lakh students of 26,854 government schools. He said 36 lakh students are enrolled in over 11,000 private schools in the State and this gap must be plugged as the government was committed to bring back the glory back to government schools.
The Chief Minister reminded his commitment recalling free power supply to government schools in the State. The government was also allocating ₹ 150 crore every year for the maintenance of attendants, sweepers and sanitation in schools.
The Chief Minister blamed the previous BRS government for the growing drug and ganja culture in Telangana and said the government would crush this culture with an iron hand. He appealed to the schoolchildren not to fall prey to these vices and asked them to take a pledge against drugs. To ensure that children take the right path, he said the government was establishing Young India Sports University. He said students should also excel in sports along with studies. The government will take the responsibility of identifying the talented sportspersons. The Young India Integrated Residential Schools are being established with international standards for BC, SC, ST and minority students so that they grow and study together.
Caste survey
Asking the schoolchildren to impress upon their parents on the need for the caste survey, he said the survey would give more opportunities for the neglected sections in all fields including education.
He said some people were spreading false propaganda against the caste survey despite the fact that it was not meant for the removal of any welfare scheme. Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka, Ministers D. Sridhar Babu, Ponnam Prabhakar, Tummala Nageshwar Rao were among those present.
Published – November 14, 2024 10:44 pm IST
