Education system in shambles under Revanth Reddy govt, says RS Praveen Kumar

“If Rahul Gandhi can write to Modi about schools in Darbhanga, he must also write to Revanth Reddy about the worsening condition of Telangana's schools,” says RS Praveen Kumar

Hyderabad: BRS leader RS Praveen Kumar launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, accusing him of systematically dismantling Telangana’s public education system. He alleged that the Chief Minister had deliberately retained the Education portfolio with the intent of ruining the sector.

Addressing the media at Telangana Bhavan on Thursday, Praveen Kumar referred to Congress Lok Sabha leader Rahul Gandhi’s letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the state of government schools in Bihar.

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“If Rahul Gandhi can write to Modi about schools in Darbhanga, he must also write to Revanth Reddy about the worsening condition of Telangana’s schools, which are in an even worse state. Revanth Reddy is not reforming education, but wrecking it,” he said.

The former IPS officer recalled that under the BRS regime, 660 Gurukuls were established and key overseas education scholarship schemes such as Dr BR Ambedkar Vidyanidhi and Jyothirao Phule Vidyanidhi had supported lakhs of students. He alleged that in a bid to erase this legacy, the Chief Minister had suspended flagship initiatives including the Chief Minister’s Breakfast Programme, overseas education scholarships, and the Mana Vooru–Mana Badi programme.

He also criticised the Congress’s Young India Integrated Schools initiative, calling it hollow and ineffective.

“Not a single brick has been laid either in the Chief Minister’s Kodangal constituency or in Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka’s Madhira constituency. The Rs 200 crore promise per school is turning out to be a political stunt,” he remarked.

Praveen Kumar further slammed the State government for failing to initiate action against an IAS officer who reportedly received notices from the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) for making casteist remarks and asking students in residential schools to clean toilets, highlighting the struggle of government schools with inadequate sanitation facilities.