Girls are being given top priority in admission in first phase in Young India Integrated Residential Schools
Government begins exercise to provide breakfast and lunch in all schools across the state
New schools to start in the next academic year in Hyderabad
Curriculum to fit present and future needs
CM Revanth Reddy holds a review of the Education Department
Hyderabad, January 08: Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has directed the officials to allocate a greater number of schools to the girls in the first phase of the Young India Integrated Residential Schools (YIIRS) project and set a deadline of 3 years to complete the construction of one YIIRC each for boys and girls in every constituency. Boys’ schools should be allocated in the next phase in the constituencies where the schools for girls have already been established, the Chief Minister ordered.
At a high-level review of the Education department today, the Chief minister also instructed the authorities to explore the possibility of undertaking the construction of solar kitchens in integrated residential schools under the PM-KUSUM scheme and clear the bills related to the construction of integrated schools promptly.
The Chief Minister reviewed the breakfast and lunch facility run by NGOs in government schools in the Kodangal assembly constituency and instructed the officials to examine the feasibility of implementing the scheme across the state. Representatives of Akshaya Patra informed the CM that they are ready to implement the scheme statewide if the government provides sufficient space and necessary support. In a quick response, the CM directed the officials to formulate plans to ensure timely delivery of meals to all students by setting up one centralized kitchen for every two constituencies. State Chief Secretary K Ramakrishna Rao was ordered to hold a meeting with district collectors and take a decision of allocation of 2 acres of land or taking the land on a 99-year lease for the establishment of the centralized kitchens.
Instructing the officials of the Education department to complete 23 new school buildings in the Greater Hyderabad by the next academic year, CM Revanth Reddy stressed that every school should be developed in at least 1.50 acres of land. The CM inquired about the Bachupally school which has only half an acre of land and ordered the officials to construct in 1.50 acres.
The proposal to revise the syllabus was also discussed in the meeting and the CM instructed to change the curriculum from first standard to 10 th standard to suit the future needs. The officials were ordered to expedite the construction of the Veeranaari Chakali Ilamma Women’s University.
CM Revanth Reddy emphasized that the agreement with Tata Technologies for introducing new courses and developing infrastructure in polytechnic colleges should be implemented quickly. The syllabus and teaching methods should be designed in such a way that every student graduating from polytechnic colleges and the Young India Skills University gets a job soon after the completion of their studies, the CM said.
Chief Minister’s advisor Vem Narendra Reddy, state government advisors K. Keshava Rao, P. Sudarshan Reddy, CM’s Principal Secretary V. Seshadri, CM’s Special Secretary B. Ajit Reddy, State Education Department Secretary Yogita Rana, State Technical Education Commissioner Sridevasena, Intermediate Board Secretary Krishna Aditya, School Education Director Naveen Nicholas, Osmania University Vice-Chancellor Professor Molugaram Kumar, Young India Skills University Vice-Chancellor V.L.V.S.S. Subbarao, and others participated.