Hyderabad: Three days after the decision to close government schools with low enrollments, the Telangana state government on Tuesday made a U-turn and said that no schools would be closed in the state.
The previous decision to close government schools, most of them English medium with low enrollment now be held in abeyance.
Attempting a cover up Education Minister Jagdishwar G. Reddy said government policy was not to shut down any school. However, the confusion highlighted the lack of clear communication and clear understanding between the brass.
It is learned that Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao criticized the minister and top officials to the decision to close schools, forcing reverse. Nearly 2,700 schools with low enrollment were to be closed as part of the rationalization process.
According to sources, the proposal of this wine education commissioner M. Jagadeeshwar school, the education secretary Vikas Raj. The latter and the Minister Jagdishwar Reddy signed on the proposal without discussing the implications.
Surprisingly, the proposals came to the department of education, not once but twice, as even the finance department intervened for some clarification. It is known that Mr. Reddy Jagdishwar later blamed the commissioner of school education to raise the issue at this time and the mess that followed.
The decision received criticism from all quarters as even the TRS legislators attended the minister's office to find out about the government's plans.
TRS MLC Ramulu Naik said: ".. Lot of people in backward areas were wondering about this issue, since there is almost no schools there Now the government has clarified" Trying to downplay the issue, Mr. Jagdishwar Reddy said the government would ensure that all children educated Telangana. "There is no way that even a school is closed. Government's decision on the rationalization is not a big deal. Going to change the decision. Orders If we can change them as well," he said.
