The Chief Minister regretted that despite significant budget allocations, enrolment in state schools is declining while private schools continue to attract parents.
Published Sep 18, 2025 | 1:37 AM ⚊ Updated Sep 18, 2025 | 1:37 AM
Chief Minister Revanth Reddy.
Synopsis: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has announced that the forthcoming Telangana Education Policy will serve as a national model, integrating language, knowledge, skills and sports into a holistic framework. The policy, aimed at reforming the state’s education system, will focus on equity, quality and employability. Addressing gaps in skills and infrastructure, Revanth called for modernising vocational courses, strengthening schools and universities, and ensuring inclusive opportunities for all students.
Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has declared that the state’s forthcoming Telangana Education Policy (TEP) will be designed as a model framework for the entire country, blending language, knowledge, skills and sports into a holistic structure.
The new policy, he said, will not just address present shortcomings but also guide the state’s education system for the next 25 years, and will be formally integrated into the government’s long-term Telangana Rising Vision-2047 document.
Speaking at a high-level meeting with educationists, policymakers and academics on Wednesday, 17 September, the Chief Minister stressed that the goal is to reform the entire education sector, ensuring equity, quality and employability.
“The current system fails to deliver the three essential elements of education – language, basic knowledge, and skills. Our vision is to provide all three, enabling students to compete globally,” he said.
He pointed out that while lakhs of engineers graduate annually, only about 10 percent find jobs, largely due to skill deficiencies.
“Opportunities in software were made possible because of engineering colleges. Now we must reform the system to generate opportunities in diverse sectors, driven by new-age skills,” he said.
The Chief Minister outlined several thrust areas for the new Telangana Education Policy:
The Chief Minister regretted that despite significant budget allocations, enrolment in state schools is declining while private schools continue to attract parents.
One major gap, he observed, is that private institutions begin nurturing children from nursery levels (LKG and UKG), while government schools admit students only from Class 1.
“Once a parent puts a child in a private nursery, they rarely return to government schools. Unless our schools match the environment, attention and infrastructure of private schools, parents will not shift,” he said.
The government, he said, has recruited teachers, implemented transfers and promotions, and appointed Vice-Chancellors across universities to strengthen the education system.
However, he admitted that declining standards from school to university, compounded by unemployment and lack of guidance, are leading many students into social problems, including drug abuse.
The Chief Minister further revealed that the state has requested the Centre to treat education spending as an investment, and urged Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to exempt education-related borrowing from fiscal responsibility limits.
He made it clear that the Telangana Education Policy would be integral to the state’s Vision 2047 roadmap, to be unveiled on 9 December. He directed educationists to form sub-committees to draft a comprehensive document, informed by international best practices and local needs.
(Edited by Dese Gowda)
