The Telangana authorities has determined to supply 50% reservation to native college students of residential faculties in native constituencies.
SC Development and Social Welfare Minister Ok Eshwar mentioned the goal is to extend enrolment at residential faculties and stop migration of scholars to different areas in the hunt for seats. The choice was taken after it was discovered that tons of of scholars had taken admission in residential faculties in neighbouring districts and even at faculties that have been distant inflicting inconvenience to their dad and mom, a majority of who’re economically backward and can’t afford journey bills.
“The Telangana government has established these residential schools to provide quality education, especially to the SC and ST children. There are nearly 4.8 lakh students in these residential schools now. Many students who graduated from these schools have got into IITs, NITs, IIMs, medical and dental colleges. Some have secured international scholarships. We want more children to enrol in these top-class institutions which are better than private schools. There is a lot of demand for seats in these residential schools and parents are sending children to schools even if they are far away but face problems travelling. We have received many requests from poor parents who are unable to bear expenses to travel on weekends to meet their children in the residential schools. Many MLAs have also suggested reservations to prevent migration and that is why we are providing 50% reservation to local students,” Eshwar mentioned, talking to The Indian Express.
There is an efficient demand for seats within the residential establishments that are operated by Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society as a result of high quality of schooling, prime class infrastructure, meals and different services within the hostels, and sports activities promotion. The residential faculties have been initially began by late chief minister N T Rama Rao in united Andhra Pradesh, nonetheless, it was after the formation of Telangana in 2014 that these residential faculties have been transformed into establishments of excellence.
Since 2014, Telangana has opened 619 new faculties together with 104 SC, 62 ST, 192 minority, and 261 BC faculties, whereas there are 19 residential faculties for common class college students. There are separate faculties for girls and boys. While until 2014, there have been simply 1.45 lakh college students, it has grown to almost 5 lakhs college students by 2020. Another 34,000 college students are in 53 diploma schools, together with 30 SC, 1 BC, and 22 ST schools.
In exams, college students of those social welfare faculties have pipped college students of prime personal and authorities faculties. In the SSC board exams held in 2019, the common proportion secured by social welfare college students was 96.03 whereas the state common was 92.43. In the Intermediate examination in 2019-20, the common was 89.38% whereas the state common was 68.86%. Eshwar mentioned that the variety of residential faculties and schools can be elevated within the coming years so that every native constituency has not less than one such college.
