KCR mulls new education policy

Emphasises on the need to increase number of residential schools; favours English medium education from primary level

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao who had promised free KG to PG education stressed the need for more number of government residential schools in the State.

The Chief Minister on Saturday held review meeting at Secretariat on KG to PG free education scheme with Education Minister G Jagadish Reddy and other officials. He said residential schools in the State had received good response. He also stressed the need to increase number of residential schools to cater to the poor children. KCR lamented that government schools were not functioning with required facilities and standards.

“Our aim is to provide English medium education to poor students in the State. Poor students should not be discriminated from getting English medium education from primary standard,” KCR said and insisted for setting up two to three residential schools in each mandal that would have classes till XII.

He directed the officials to come up with an education policy with a provision of English medium facility to all children. KCR said all students in the government schools would be provided with quality rice. He directed officials to make efforts to provide professional training to engineering students.

The Chief Minister also discussed starting up residential schools from class IV and increasing a class each year up to class XII. KCR discussed about establishing residential English medium schools for class V, VI, VII and VIII and shifting students of Telugu medium into English medium.

The Chief Minister said a meeting would be held to discuss the proposal with academic experts and senior officials before they were finalised.