Secondary Education Minister K Parathasarathy on Saturday announced that the State Government will implement the 25 per cent quota for poor students in all private unaided schools as mandated by the Right to Education Act (RTE) and as directed by the Supreme Court.
Addressing a press conference at the State Secretariat, Parathasarathy said that the government would implement the RTE in the State from the ensuing academic year. However, he did not disclose as to how this would be implemented.
It may be mentioned that the private school managements were divided on the issue and some of them have decided to file a review petition in the Supreme Court against the quota orders.
Regarding intermediate first year results, Parathasarathy admitted the performance of students of Telangana region was below the average compared to other region. However, he said that the Sakala Janula Samme, the 42-day general strike demanding Telangana State, could be one of the reasons for bad performance. However, he said that special focus would be given to the Telangana districts from the ensuing academic year.
The minister also informed that the new syllabus would be introduced for the intermediate from this academic year. Further, he said steps would be taken to stop piracy of intermediate text books published by the Telugu Academy.
–Agencies