BRS warns of Gen-Z movement over fee reimbursement issue in Telangana

BRS leader A. Rakesh Reddy accused the Telangana government of weakening the fee reimbursement scheme and neglecting education. He warned of a Gen-Z-led student movement, alleging delayed reimbursements, closure of institutions and inadequate support for students across the State.

Hyderabad: BRS leader A Rakesh Reddy warned of a Gen-Z movement against the Congress government’s alleged attempts to weaken and scrap the fee reimbursement scheme. He said the BRSV (student wing of BRS) was already holding meetings with various student organisations on the issues affecting students including fee reimbursement and gearing up for a mass students movement.

Speaking to mediapersons at Telangana Bhavan on Thursday, Rakesh Reddy alleged that the Congress government was neglecting the education sector. He said the government had shutdown nearly 2,000 government schools, selling off university lands, and now forcing private colleges to closure without releasing pending fee reimbursement funds.

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“Several junior, degree, postgraduate and engineering colleges had ceased operations. By promising to transfer fee reimbursement funds into the accounts of students, the government is inadvertently forcing them to pay their fee first without any guarantee of reimbursement,” he remarked. He suggested that the government spending funds on official extravagance, could instead clear fee reimbursement dues.