Revanth Reddy must withdraw his statements regarding school closures: TSEC

Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s remarks connected closing schools successful villages and hamlets and consolidating 27,000 schools into 4,000 are profoundly unfortunate, said Telangana Save Education Committee (TSEC) person G. Haragopal connected Saturday.

The beingness of a authorities schoolhouse successful each colony is indispensable for gathering a humane and inclusive society, helium said, and demanded that Mr. Reddy instantly retract the statements.

Mr. Reddy made the remarks astatine The Hindu Huddle 2026 speech held successful Bengaluru past week, drafting disapproval from assorted stakeholders.

Instead, the authorities indispensable allocate 20% of its fund to the acquisition assemblage to make each authorities schools successful the State and guarantee the proviso of quality, equitable and escaped acquisition for all, they appealed.

The demands were made connected Saturday astatine a roundtable gathering organised by TSEC, which was attended by educators, teachers, students and representatives of civilian nine groups.

Speaking astatine the event, MLC M. Kodandaram said the government’s determination to adjacent schools was inappropriate and that the Chief Minister indispensable reconsider his proposals, portion pledging his enactment to TSEC successful safeguarding schools.

Professor astatine Mahindra University M. Sridhar Acharyulu said the announcement to adjacent 23,000 schools violated the Constitution and the Right to Education Act. He noted that the concern present demands a conflict to support the Constitution alongside the extortion of education.

At the meeting, the committee’s enforcement secretary, K. Lakshminarayana, announced an enactment program and said that memoranda would beryllium submitted to each nationalist representatives successful the State betwixt June 20 and July 15. He added that roundtable meetings to sermon the concerns would beryllium organised successful each district.

Leaders from CPI(M), CPI(ML), CPI(ML) New Democracy, Arunodaya Cultural Federation, Dalit Bahujan Front, Vidyavantula Vedika, MV Foundation, State Teachers Union, United Teachers’ Federation, Telangana People’s Joint Action Committee, Telangana Progressive Teachers’ Federation, Democratic Teachers’ Federation and assorted pupil unions were present.