Hyderabad: Telangana govt plans to invest Rs 24,000 crore in Young India Integrated Residential Schools, with each campus accommodating 2,560 students from Classes 5 to 12 and the initiative expected to benefit around 2.7 lakh students statewide.The plans were outlined by school education commissioner E Naveen Nicolas at a state-level workshop on school infrastructure organised by the planning and school education departments under NITI Aayog’s State Support Mission at Khairatabad on Oct 14.The campuses would provide shared facilities for SC, ST, BC and minority students, with provisions for children with special needs. A Young India Police School has also been planned for children of police personnel, officials said during the meeting.The state plans 162 Telangana Public School campuses in 2026-27 at Rs 1,141.15 crore, offering education from pre-primary to Class 12. It has proposed Rs 7,004.92 crore in externally aided funding through Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, while Rs 1,234.53 crore has been sanctioned for 16 integrated school complexes, upgrades to 17 institutions and 501 classrooms across 164 urban schools. The state also envisions one Telangana Public School in each of its 630 mandals, officials said at the meeting.The release reported a 113% enrolment rise at the Arutla demonstration campus, from 744 to 1,585 students, with 72% of new admissions coming from private schools. Digital infrastructure works worth Rs 666.75 crore were planned for 2023-26, while Rs 208.91 crore has been allocated for 4,355 toilet units.Morning nutrition reaches over 20.59 lakh students through 39 central kitchens. Diet charges were raised by 40% and cosmetic charges by 142-267%. Young India Institutes of Excellence across 93 KGBVs have Rs 10 crore annually for JEE, NEET and CLAT coaching.The release also cited 58,632 school improvement works worth Rs 642.10 crore and up to sevenfold gains in foundational literacy and numeracy.
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