Harish faults government plans for closing 6,200 Schools

Harish Rao criticized the Revanth Reddy-led government for canceling the CM Breakfast Scheme, not continuing the "Mana Ooru - Mana Badi" programme and providing substandard midday meals, which he claims have led to a decline in the reputation and enrollment of government schools.

Hyderabad: Raising serious concern over the state of education sector in Telangana, Brs leader and former Minister T Harish Rao took strong exception to Congress government’s alleged plan to close 6,200 schools in the State. He accused the government of betraying its manifesto promise to establish primary schools in every small village and upper primary and high schools in every revenue village.

Rao highlighted that within a year of coming to power, the Congress government has labeled 1,899 schools as “zero schools” and plans to permanently close 4,314 schools with fewer than ten students, totaling 6,213 schools. As part of this plan, 5,741 teachers from these schools are being transferred.

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He contrasted this with the previous KCR government’s efforts to strengthen government schools with initiatives like the Rs 7,289 crore “Mana Ooru – Mana Badi” programme, which provided nutritious meals including breakfast and lunch with fine rice.

Rao criticized the Revanth Reddy-led government for canceling the CM Breakfast Scheme, not continuing the “Mana Ooru – Mana Badi” programme and providing substandard midday meals, which he claims have led to a decline in the reputation and enrollment of government schools.

He lamented that within just one year, the Revanth Reddy government has brought about the closure of 6,213 government schools, marking a serious setback for the state’s education system.