Closure of government primary schools opposed
10 years, 6 months ago

Closure of government primary schools opposed

The Hindu  

The Balala Hakkula Praja Dhwani, an NGO working for betterment of government school education, has strongly opposed the decision of the State government to close down schools that have poor enrolment rate. Speaking at a roundtable organised by the BHPD, its State general secretary K. Lakshmana Rao criticised the Telangana government for deciding to close down primary schools which have less than 20 students. However, he feared that the government may also attempt to close down as many as 3,973 additional primary schools that have strength between 21 and 30. District secretary of BHPD Kanchukatla Subhash expressed fear that about 944 primary schools of the total 2,282 schools in Nalgonda district were also having less than 30 student strength which the government may attempt to close down.

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Drop proposal to shut 85 primary schools in the Nilgiris district, Murugan urges T.N. govt.
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Drop proposal to shut 85 primary schools in the Nilgiris district, Murugan urges T.N. govt.

The Hindu  

Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting L. Murugan on Friday urged the Tamil Nadu government to drop the proposal to shut 85 government primary schools in the Nilgiris district. In a statement, Mr. Murugan said it was learned that the State government planned to close nearly 85 primary schools in Gudalur, Coonoor, Kotagiri, and Udhagamandalam areas in the …

Nilgiris Collector denies plans to close primary schools with low student strength
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Nilgiris Collector denies plans to close primary schools with low student strength

The Hindu  

The Nilgiris District Collector Lakshmi Bhavya Tanneeru has denied allegations that the district administration plans to shut down nearly 85 government primary and elementary schools that had a strength of fewer than 15 students. P. Jeyaseelan, the Nilgiris district secretary of the Tamil Nadu Primary School Teachers Federation, said that headmasters were given time till April 2025 to increase student …

Harish Rao seeks government intervention to re-open schools closed due to lack of teachers
7 months ago

Harish Rao seeks government intervention to re-open schools closed due to lack of teachers

The Hindu  

Former minister and senior leader of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi T. Harish Rao has criticised the State government for its lack of action though 43 schools in Adilabad district were closed due to lack of teachers. In a statement, Mr. Rao said on Wednesday that Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy was unmoved even after a school in his Kodangal Constituency …

Telangana government to appoint one teacher for every school with 10 students
9 months ago

Telangana government to appoint one teacher for every school with 10 students

India TV News  

The government of Telangana will appoint one teacher for every government school with a strength of one to 10 students. The state government has started an official exercise for the transfer of teachers taking into consideration the number of students studying in every government school. As per the orders, one teacher was appointed for a school with 0-19 students, two …

With shortage of students, there is threat of closure of 10,000 government schools: Kota Srinivas Poojary
1 year, 6 months ago

With shortage of students, there is threat of closure of 10,000 government schools: Kota Srinivas Poojary

The Hindu  

Despite good facilities at 48,000 government schools in the State, there was strong drive in favour of private schools that was leading to a shortage of students in government schools, said MLC Kota Srinivas Poojary here on Tuesday. Speaking at the district-level Teacher’s Day programme at the Amarjyoti Kuruji Janaki Venkataramana Gowda auditorium in Sullia, Mr. Poojary said with shortage …

Shortage of teaching staff to hit state-run schools in Telangana
2 years, 10 months ago

Shortage of teaching staff to hit state-run schools in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: With only less than 10 days to go for schools to reopen, shortage of teaching staff at government schools is causing a headache to authorities. There is a shortage of 3,000 teachers in about 26,000 government schools in the state, and over 6,000 teachers in zilla parishad schools, according to official sources. We want the government to immediately promote …

Primary level education degraded in Telangana
6 years, 2 months ago

Primary level education degraded in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Only 12 per cent of students in the primary level in government and private schools can read properly in the state, which is much lower than the national average of 20 per cent according to the Annual Status of Education Report 2018. Education secretary N. Mohammed said about the survey: “Teaching in the primary level is affected in government …

Teachers, students, parents fear move to rationalise schools
7 years, 8 months ago

Teachers, students, parents fear move to rationalise schools

The Hindu  

Although the Government has not yet taken any decision on closure of schools in the process of pronounced rationalisation of number of schools and teachers, a kind of fear persists among teachers, parents and students. Irony Irony is that despite the Government providing necessary infrastructure and improving the facilities year after year, student strength at government schools is diminishing. As …

CPI-M wants amendments to Section 8
9 years, 9 months ago

CPI-M wants amendments to Section 8

The Hindu  

The State executive of Telangana unit of Communist Party of India-Marxist has sought amendments to Section 8 of AP Reorganisation Act, apart from demanding that anybody, regardless of their position, be arrested in the ‘Cash-for-Vote’ scandal and cases booked against them. Whether it is Mr. Naidu, or Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, both are only taking people in the …

Rationalisation of teachers on the cards
10 years, 5 months ago

Rationalisation of teachers on the cards

The Hindu  

Rationalisation of government school teachers in Telangana is on the cards. Presently, there are a number of schools with less student strength but more number of teachers. There are 2,528 primary schools and 761 upper primary schools which are functioning with less than 20 students. As per norms, a primary school should have one teacher for 30 students and an …

200 schools facing closure in Andhra Pradesh
11 years, 4 months ago

200 schools facing closure in Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

Instructing the teachers to ensure good enrolment of students and provide quality education in government schools, Collector M. Veerabrahmaiah said that there was every possibility of many schools being closed due to poor student strength. Reviewing the performance of the Education Department with the head masters of all the government schools here on Saturday, the Collector said as many as …

133 primary schools face closure threat in Odisha
11 years, 8 months ago

133 primary schools face closure threat in Odisha

India TV News  

Kendrapara, July 8: Plagued by abysmally low student strength and steady rate of dropout, 133 government-run primary schools are facing the threat of closure in Kendrapara district of Odisha. These schools thrive on paper only with exceedingly poor enrolment which has necessitated shutting down theseinstitutions.The Education department has decied to close down 49 primary schools after the issue of poor …

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