Telangana government's English plan disappoints

ADILABAD: The state government has disappointed parents who were hoping to get their children admitted in English-medium government schools.

When the plan was introduced in the schools, it was implemented only from the first standard. Parents who admitted children in LKG and UKG are missing out on the scheme.

Teachers and members of the School Management Committee (SMC) were very disappointed as many poor parents were looking forward to the scheme.

According to sources, members of school management committees (SMC) of 156 government schools had applied for the permission to introduce English medium in pre-primary sections. But now they are being forced to ask parents to take children to other schools.

Teachers had campaigned for the introduction of English medium in government schools in the villages as part of Badi Bata Panduga to attract the students.

Officials said the government’s decision to not introduce English in the earliest classes was actually a setback in their fight to increase enrollment in government schools.