TRS government has allocated Rs 350 crores to construct permanent buildings for 240 Gurukuls

Telangana:Hyderabad:March 08: Ruling (Telangana Rashtra Samithi) TRS Working President K.T.Rama Rao (KTR) addressed the heads of various educational institutions and teachers associations at St. Mary’s Pharmacy College, Secunderabad.

He highlighted the progress of education sector in Telangana under TRS government.

KTR highlighted the works done by the TRS government in the educational sector. He mentioned that the TRS government has set up various educational institutions in the state since the formation of Telangana. To provide quality education to the students belonging to the marginalised sections, the government has set up 672 gurukuls.

He stated that the center has done injustice to Telangana even in the educational sector.

The working president also mentioned that the government is spending about one lakh twenty thousand rupees on each student in 970 gurukuls of the state. A total of four lakh thirty thousand students are pursuing their studies in these gurukuls.

KTR said that the TRS government has allocated Rs 350 crores to construct permanent buildings for 240 Gurukuls. He also mentioned that the TRS government is providing the post-matric scholarships to 15 lakh students in the State.

In the last 6 years, the State Government spent about Rs 12,800 crore on fee reimbursement. Also, TRS Govt paid off old arrears of Rs 1800 crore towards fee reimbursement accumulated for four years before Telangana formation. We have revised mess charges from school to university level which benefited 18 lakh students.

KTR also said, “the government has set up 53 Degree colleges, 11 polytechnic colleges in the state in the past six years. In 65 years, before Telangana formation, only five Government medical colleges had been set up. But within six years, we set up five new government medical colleges.”

KTR stated that about 3850 students were provided with overseas scholarships.

With the budget of Rs 250 Crores, the government has set up study circles at district levels which are being utilized by civil services aspirants in the State.

To strengthen the educational sector, the government has filled 133,000 jobs of which 19,200 posts were of teachers, said KTR.

He accused the BJP and Congress parties of mudslinging in-spite of filling many government jobs. Minister KTR mentioned that revolutionary policies like TS-iPASS succeeded in attracting major investments to the state. Through this policy, 15,000 companies were set up creating about 15 lakh jobs in the region. Huge investments were brought to the State through TS-iPass, he added.

Working President KTR appealed to the graduates to cast their vote for Smt. Vani Devi in the upcoming Hyderabad-Rangareddy-Mahabubnagar MLC elections.