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Telangana Sets Three-Year Education Drive, Prioritizes Girls’ Residential Schools and Meal Kitchens

An NEP-style roadmap links equity goals to jobs-focused training.

Overview

  • The state appointed a high-powered committee to draft a National Education Policy–aligned education policy that the chief minister said will be announced soon.
  • Young India Integrated Residential Schools are planned as 25-acre, ₹200 crore campuses serving all communities, with one boys’ and one girls’ school targeted in every Assembly constituency within three years and girls’ schools taking precedence in Phase I.
  • Officials were told to create one centralized kitchen for every two constituencies, explore solar kitchens under the PM-KUSUM scheme, and work with Akshaya Patra, which said statewide service is feasible with space and support.
  • The chief minister ordered completion of 23 new school buildings in Greater Hyderabad before the next academic year, expedited land allocation through two-acre sites or 99-year leases, and timely release of construction bills.
  • Plans include syllabus revisions from Classes 1 to 10, introduction of pre-primary in government schools with rural transport options, upgrades of ITIs into Advanced Training Centres statewide, and activation of the Tata Technologies agreement for polytechnic courses tied to employment outcomes.