A state-level students’ convention organised by the All India Democratic Students’ Organisation (AIDSO) in Hyderabad marked the conclusion of a campaign collecting one lakh signatures to protect and strengthen public education.
The Telangana School Education department proposed any further increase would require approval from State fee regulatory committee. The proposal, expected to be tabled at the next Cabinet meeting, has been rejected by private schools, which demand a 5 % annual hike in line with inflation.
Confusion continues over Class I admissions in Telangana as the State government has yet to decide whether to retain the existing five-year minimum age or adopt the Centre’s six-year mandate under NEP 2020. While CBSE, ICSE, and IB schools have already implemented the six-year norm, State board schools continue with five years, leading to non-uniform practices.
Over 1,200 contract assistant professors from Telangana universities have demanded job security, equal pay for equal work, and UGC pay scales in line with Supreme Court judgments. At a round-table meeting, faculty leaders called for regularisation of contract staff across 12 universities.
After nearly four decades, students’ union elections are likely to return to Telangana’s State universities from the next academic year. The Telangana Education Commission has proposed the move in its draft education policy, citing the need to streamline student representation and reduce campus unrest caused by multiple organisations. Elections were banned in 1988 following violent incidents.
The proposed commission will be headed by a former Supreme Court or High Court judge and comprise senior academicians, professors, chartered accountants, and management members
In a letter to the Commissioner chairman Akunuri Murali, Vinod Kumar stated that the previous BRS government pursued the assurances by the Centre to establish a Sainik School in Telangana
