CM KCR misleading people in name of English medium education: Revanth Reddy

Hyderabad: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) President & MP A Revanth Reddy on Tuesday alleged that Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao was again misleading people in the name of English medium education.

In an informal chat with the media at the Congress Legislature Party office, he strongly reacted to the decision taken by the Cabinet to make English medium compulsorily in all government schools from the coming academic year

Reddy said if the Right to Education Act gets implemented in Telangana, then poor students would get admission in 25 per cent of seats in all private educational institutions. "However, KCR is not implementing the Act while falsely claiming that the State government was already giving 'KG to PG free education".

He said the government was not issuing notification for recruitment of teachers. "How can English medium education be imparted without appointing teachers?" he asked.

The TPCC chief said pubs were not being shut down as they generate revenue and educational institutions were being targeted as KCR wants to deprive the poor students of education. He said KCR was deliberately ruining the education system. "For KCR, spending on education is an expenditure. But in reality, it is an investment for a better future and good society.

He said leaders like George Reddy were born because we had institutions like Osmania University before the formation of Telangana. "," he alleged while calling KCR a 'Manuvadi'.

He slammed KCR for skipping a video-conference with Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the CMs to review Covid situation. He said that the CM did not participate in the meeting as he does not care about lives of people of Telangana.