Narayankhed ZPHS displays no admission board after getting 70 admissions from private schools
A government high school in Narayankhed has stopped admissions after student strength touched 880. The institution, known for its strong academic performance, has already turned away 150 students and is seeking additional infrastructure to accommodate growing demand.
Sangareddy: While many schools have closed down across state due to lack of mandatory admissions, a Zilla Parishad High School (ZPHS) in the district displayed a no admission board on the school premises on Wednesday, just three days after the school was opened.
Since the ZPHS, Narayankhed has been producing excellent results in 10th class board examination every year, students from neighbouring villages were queuing up at the school seeking admission. The strength in the school increased from 756 in the 2022-23 to 880 in 2026-27. The school authorities have declined admissions to at least 150 students this year.
The school was established immediately after Indian independence in 1950 as Junior Basic School and was upgraded to ZPHS in 2009. Zaheerabad MP Suresh Shetkar, Narayankhed MLA Patlolla Sanjeeva Reddy and several other VIPs had studied in the school. Many students of the school became engineers, doctors and excelled in different professions across the world. The school got over 150 admissions from private schools last year and 70 admissions this year since the school was producing excellent results.
Unlike other government schools, the school opens an hour before the scheduled timing and this additional hour is demarcatd as a reading hour. Even during the evening hours, the headmaster Manmada Kishore said that they will have an additional reading hour for students where the students will get their doubts clarified from respective teachers. In addition to that, Kishore said that they had formed street wide students teams to encourgae the students have a combined study session from 6 pm to 9 pm which the teachers will inspect regularly.
Roping in the services of NGOs, Hindi Teacher Chandrashekhar said that they will distribute school bags, sports uniforms and many other materials. The school students will have special yoga and meditation sessions.
Karthik, a 10th class student, said that he preferred to join in the school since there were qualified teachers than many private schools in the town. He said that the teachers take individual care in analysing their performances and guide them in improving themselves. Since the school had just 13 classrooms, they had built two temporary classrooms to meet the need.
The government was building five additional classrooms in the school. However, the students and teachers urged the government to build a science lab, library and computer lab. Even the school had Atal tinkering lab, computers and books, there was no space to place them. They were being placed in a store room.