Krishnaiah questions CM on status of BC gurukuls

Musheerabad: BC Welfare Association national president R Krishnaiah has shot a letter to the CM KCR on the status of 119 new BC gurukul schools which were sanctioned last year by the government. He urged the CM to take measures to start the sanctioned gurukul school from the next academic year.

Although 119 sanctioned schools were sanctioned a year ago, not even single school has been started so far, he said. As new academic year is just one month away, it is time the government took measures to start the schools, he said.

Two crores of BCs living in the state had been anxiously waiting for the schools to start, but it would appear that they were in for disappointment, he said. Krishnaiah said that officials managed to find only 58 buildings to run schools and 61 more buildings are yet to be found. He urged the CM to take measures to find the buildings for the remaining schools on a war-footing so that they could be started before the start of the new academic year.

He alleged that the government was deliberately trying to delay starting the schools on the pretext of non-availability of rented buildings. He demanded that the government change the existing norms regarding the area of the rental buildings and allow buildings with areas more than 20,000 sq ft to be rented for schools.

The BC leader pointed out that most of SC and ST gurukul schools were being run in their own buildings with area ranging from 50,000 sqft to 80,000 sqft, and BC gurukuls too require buildings with area between 50,000-80,000 sq ft as they have to accommodate classrooms, hostels, library and dining halls. In case buildings are not available, the government can consider big buildings and run two gurukul schools in the same building, he suggested.