Telangana polls: Congress claims to rejuvenate education system within 100 days of coming to power

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee President N Uttam Kumar Reddy trained guns at TRS and alleged that the government had ruined the careers of lakhs of students by not clearing fee reimbursement dues.

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New Delhi: Amid the tall claims being made by parties as a part of electioneering in Telangana, the Congress claimed it would rejuvenate the entire education system of the state within 100 days of coming to power if elected. The party seeks to achieve the objectives by strengthening government institutions and extending all support to managements of private institutions. Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee President N Uttam Kumar Reddy trained guns at TRS  and alleged that the government had ruined the careers of lakhs of students by not clearing fee reimbursement dues. He promised that the next Congress government (if voted to power), would pay fee reimbursement amount every year in two instalments. There would be 100 per cent fee reimbursement for students belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes and minority communities, a party release quoted Reddy as saying. He said 20,000 teachers would be recruited within 100 days and assured that steps would be taken to regulate corporate schools and colleges in the wake of 'exorbitant' fee structure of corporate institutions. He assured management of private educational institutions and their association that the Grand Alliance of Congress, TDP and other parties would include their issue in the common agenda and resolve them on a priority basis after coming to power in the next assembly elections, news agency PTI reported. Addressing a meeting organised by the 'KG to PG Educational Institutions Joint Action Committee' here, Reddy accused caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao of cheating the people of Telangana on the promise of free education from Kindergarten to Postgraduate level. There are nearly 85 lakh students across Telangana in various classes from KG to PG who expected that KCR's scheme would benefit them, he said. "However, by setting up a few residential schools which cater to not more than one lakh students, KCR thinks he fulfilled the promise of KG to PG free education," he said. He alleged that KCR did not acknowledge the contribution of private schools in education and also in the employment sector, and 'humiliated' them on multiple occasions and denied appointment even to discuss their problems.