Telangana People’s Front seeks three urgent interventions to save the education system

The Telangana People’s Front has urged the state government to allocate at least 18% of the state’s annual budget to education. File photo of Mandal Parishad Primary School in Neknampur, Telangana. | Photo credit: SIDDHANT THAKUR

The Telangana People’s Front (TPF), led by former bureaucrats and civil society leaders, including former Telangana Education Commission chairman Akunuri Murali, wrote to Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Wednesday (October 7, 2026) seeking urgent intervention to save the public education system in the state.

It found that the state of the education system in the state was similar to a patient in an intensive care unit (ICU).

TPF interaction with parents, students and stakeholders

The letter follows TPF’s recently concluded Vidya Bus Yatra, which toured 10 erstwhile districts in the state, where its committee members spoke to parents, students and various stakeholders in round-table discussions to understand and record their concerns. Between September 15 and 29, she visited 20 government schools and several private schools, conducted village meetings, and senior leaders and core committees slept in the school premises as part of Badi Nidra.

Interventions required by TPF

The three immediate interventions TPF has called for are: legislation to create an independent Fee Regulatory Commission to review private school fees, prevent arbitrary hikes and regulate additional fees; comprehensive strengthening of existing government schools under the Telangana Public Schools (TPS) programme, replication of the Arutla Telangana Public School model across all mandals through parent committees and enactment of legislation to institutionalize the programme; and allocation of at least 18% of the state’s annual budget to the education sector, excluding expenditure on residential institutions such as Gurukul schools, which fall under social contributions.

Congress recalled the 2023 election program

The TPF further reminded the Congress government of its 2023 election manifesto, which promised to increase education expenditure from 6.5% to 15% of the state budget, a promise that remains unfulfilled. Along with Young India Integrated Residential Schools, TPF said strengthening of existing schools, colleges and universities must be given equal priority.

“If Telangana is to become a knowledge-based society and a model state for education in the country, the time has come for us to treat education not just as another government department but as a sector requiring the highest and most urgent priority,” he said in his appeal to Mr. Reddy.

Published – 07 Oct 2026 17:31 IST