Opening of 119 BC residential schools

Telangana: Hyderabad: June 11 (HS) The 119 BC Residential Schools proposed to be started from this academic year in the state will be formally declared opened on 17th of June 2019 at their respective locations in the concerned districts and assembly constituencies.

These will be formally opened by either minister or the MLA concerned. With the opening of these 119 schools the total number of BC residential schools opened after formation of Telangana will go up from the existing 142 to 261. Prior to formation of Telangana there were only 19 BC residential schools. Thus, in all there will be 280 BC residential schools. The total number of student strength in the 280 BC residential schools will be 91680 and the number of teachers will be 5335.

These are part of the total 906 residential schools and 53-degree colleges of all categories in the state.