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The Telangana Gazetted Headmasters’ Association has requested the School Education Department to cancel complex meetings scheduled for August, citing severe academic disruption due to holidays, rain-related closures, and teaching material melas, which are already affecting timely completion of Formative Assessment–II

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the Telangana government’s decision to impose Telugu as a mandatory second language for students in national and international boards was heard by the High Court. The bench refused to grant interim relief and instructed the state to submit a comprehensive action plan within two weeks

The Telangana School Education Department has expanded its early education initiative by establishing pre-primary sections in 790 additional government and local body schools, bringing the total to 1,000.

The school education department recently sought a nod from the State government, as in the past a section of teachers had opposed the introduction of a facial recognition attendance system.

Centre wants States to implement the new structure covering 5-3-3-4 with five years of foundation, three years of preparatory, three years of middle school, and four years of secondary education from Classes IX to XII

As per the mid-day meal scheme social audit for 2024, only 27.2 percent of the schools have access to RO water, while 43.8 percent use tap water.

The mid-day meals social audit for 2024 commissioned by the School Education department revealed that 22.5 percent of urban students do not take mid-day meals. Similarly, 21.2 percent of students do not have meals from schools where the centralised agency supplies food.

The schools commencing on June 12 will have a total of 230 working days with April 23, 2026, being the last working day.

State opts for five plus age rule for 2025-26, despite Centre’s push for six plus guideline

Teachers are allowed to use smartphones solely for recording student attendance through facial recognition, and only with the headmaster's permission.

In a letter to Telangana Handlooms and Weavers Cooperative Society Limited that supplies uniform cloth, School Education Director, EV Narasimha Reddy said it has been decided to supply pants to Class VI and VII boys instead of short pants

The mutual transfers were facilitated by the department as per GO 317

The School Education department, in its revised uniform design for the academic year 2025-26, prescribed shirts and knickers for boys in Classes I to VII.

During the academic year 2023-24, the School Education department made changes to design and pattern of the uniforms, which presented a corporate style to students studying in the government and local body schools

The initiative will enable authorities to easily trace the source of any leaked papers as the both QR code and security numbers are printed on every page of the question paper

Special classes to continue for preparing Class X students for SSC Public Examination, schools which have SSC examination centres to function from 1 pm to 5 pm

The School Education department will hold the entrance test on June 1

By pooling money from their own pockets, students are purchasing water cans to meet drinking water requirements in the school

R Ananad, physical director at ZPHS Keesara in Medchal-Malkajgiri district, gave corporal punishment to the girls students of ZPHS, beating them badly with a stick

Maximum temperatures likely to touch 40 degrees Celsius in districts across Telangana in March, forecasts IMD-Hyderabad