The BRS has demanded that the Congress government withdraw GO 97 by September 7, backing protesting polytechnic students. The party warned of intensified agitation and raised concerns over the proposed shift of polytechnic colleges to the Young India Skill University.
Polytechnic students staged a dharna at Pinapaka MLA Payam Venkateswarlu’s camp office in Manuguru on Thursday, opposing GO 97. They alleged that merging polytechnic education with Young India Skill University under a PPP model would increase fees and promote privatisation.
Station Ghanpur MLA Kadiyam Srihari urged Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy to revoke GO 97 order, stressing that polytechnic education should remain linked to engineering and AICTE norms rather than the Labour Department.
BRS leader T Harish Rao opposed the proposed merger of 59 government polytechnic colleges with the Young India Skill University and demanded withdrawal of GO 97. He warned of a massive protest with students if the government failed to act.
The BRS has demanded withdrawal of GO 97, which brings polytechnic colleges under the Young India Skill University, amid an ongoing student agitation. Former MP B Vinod Kumar said the order had created apprehension and demanded retention of the existing system.
BRS leaders RS Praveen Kumar and Chirumalla Rakesh Kumar extended support to polytechnic students protesting against G.O. No. 97, alleging it would weaken polytechnic education and benefit private interests.
Polytechnic students across the erstwhile Medak district protested against the Congress government’s proposal to merge polytechnic education with Young India Skill University. Students and staff said the move could reduce opportunities and demanded that the government withdraw the proposal
The Revanth Reddy government, which announced several projects and initiatives across sectors including infrastructure, health and education, has barely been able to take the projects or initiatives beyond the foundation laying ceremony or the announcement. Some of the projects are also mired in controversy
Questions are being raised about the timing of Adani Group's Rs. 100 crore funding to Congress's Young India Skill University, just ahead of the public hearing for Ambuja Cement's factory in Ramannapet.
The meeting, occurring amidst the Congress's vigorous criticism of the Adani Group, has sparked sharp backlash from various quarters, with many questioning the party's apparent double standards.
The Young India Skill University Board has decided to commence courses in the university after Dasara. The courses would be conducted temporarily at the Engineering Staff College of India (ESCI).
About 140 companies were interested in participating in this Young India Skill University, while plans have been made to start about 20 courses, and certificate courses and diploma courses will be started in the first school of e-commerce, logistics and retail sector.
The CM said youth were not getting jobs due to lack of skills, hence to empower the youth of the State with adequate skills, the State government decided to set up the Skill University.
