As part of the implementation of free compulsory education from KG to PG, the number of welfare gurukula educational institutions is increasing step by step. While there are already more than a thousand institutions, 86 new junior colleges are coming up.
The Telangana state government has given a green signal to set up these in the academic year 2022-23. Out of this 75 will be started under SC Gurukula Society, 7 under Tribal Gurukula Society and 4 under BC Gurukula Society. These will be organized in addition to the existing Gurukula schools. However, the government has advised the Gurukula societies to organize in different buildings even though they have the same premises. CS Someshkumar directed the secretaries of the respective societies to identify suitable buildings and report to the government. On July 1, he held a meeting with the secretaries of SC, ST and BC welfare departments and the secretaries of gurukula societies at Burgula Ramakrishna Rao Bhavan. He said that Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has suggested that the issue of setting up new colleges should be looked at with utmost priority. Therefore, he said that steps should be taken to establish these soon. The CS reviewed the ongoing management of gurukula schools. He ordered to take appropriate steps to train the cooking staff.
Study circle in each district
CS said that there should be a study circle in every district of the state. He said that CM KCR has already given instructions for setting these up. The welfare departments were ordered to prepare a report on the existing study circles, where new ones should be established and other issues. BC Welfare Department Principal Secretary Burra Venkatesham, Panchayat Raj Secretary Sandeep Kumar Sultania, SC Development Department Secretary Rahul Bojja, Minority Welfare Department Secretary Ahmed Nadeem, Tribal Welfare Department Secretary Christina Chongthu, SC and ST Gurukula Societies Secretary Ronald Rose, BC Gurukula Society Secretary Malliah were present in the meeting. Battu, Secretary of Minority Gurukula Society B. Shafiullah and others participated.
