Over 24 lakh students studying in Government schools in Telangana would be provided with free notebooks, textbooks and uniforms, announced Education Minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy on Wednesday. This year, Rs. 200 crores have been sanctioned for this cause which was facilitated by Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao as a generous attempt towards developing the education sector in Telangana. This was disclosed at a review meeting conducted with officials of the Education Department at the Secretariat.
Last year, the Telangana government had spent Rs. 138 crores on the distribution of notebooks, textbooks and uniforms. Children studying in primary schools would be provided with workbooks also. The requirement of notebooks for students in high schools was already taken into count and supplies would be made accordingly.
Students would be getting bilingual textbooks this year. In addition to this, the Minister wanted the department to provide two pairs of school uniforms to all the students.
Rs. 150 crore was spent on distributing the uniforms to the students. The schools are set to reopen on June 12. The Education Minister has also shared that the distribution of the items is to be made in the presence of parents, involving local legislators and public representatives. She also wanted all workers taken up under the “Mana Ooru – Mana Badi” programme to be expedited so as to complete them by the first week of June.
