The Telangana Board of Intermediate Education has imposed penalties ranging from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 10 lakh on more than 95 private junior colleges for violating norms. It has also withheld the affiliation of several colleges that failed to meet mandatory standards.
Former Minister T. Harish Rao presented iPads to 31 meritorious SSC students from the Siddipet Assembly constituency. He announced that the top 50 students would receive similar devices from next year and encouraged students to use technology for academic purposes.
Two villages in Medak district have significantly increased enrolment in government schools after restricting private school buses from entering their villages. Teachers, supported by sarpanches and residents, say the initiative has encouraged parents to choose government schools over private institutions.
Just as firm enforcement transformed examinations, traffic discipline, and anti-corruption efforts, a similar approach can reinvigorate classroom teaching and restore public trust in government schools
Reliance on private institutions and targeted subsidies may expand access for disadvantaged groups, but it does little to strengthen educational institutions
Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has appealed to the Union Finance Minister to exempt SPC loans for 105 Young India Integrated Residential Schools from FRBM limits. He also requested an IIM for Hyderabad and new Kendriya Vidyalayas and Navodaya schools across Telangana
Nalla Narasimha Reddy Education Society’s School of Pharmacy has secured a three-year NBA accreditation for its UG Pharmacy programme. The institution’s leadership lauded the efforts of students, faculty, and staff in achieving this recognition for academic excellence
Despite Chief Minister Revanth Reddy’s claim of a three-lakh rise in government school enrolments, Education Department data shows nearly 10,000 schools have up to 30 students and 1,897 have none, reflecting a sharp decline in public confidence
The Earth Sciences University of Telangana in Kothagudem will introduce four new courses — Geology, Geophysics, Geochemistry, and Environmental Sciences — at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels starting from the 2025–26 academic year.
The Parakh Rashtriya Sarvekshan 2024 report, released by the Central government, reveals that a staggering 75 per cent of the Class IX students failed to understand and apply the fundamental concept of percentage for cracking a simple problem
For instance, Government Primary School at Bazaar -e - Jumerat in Nampally functions from a rented building since 1975 and the government pays a rent to the property owners.
