Poor government schools, rising private fees burden Telangana families: TPF
The Telangana People’s Front is campaigning for improvements to public education, citing poor infrastructure and high private school costs as major burdens for families. Activists highlighted severe sanitation issues and neglected facilities at government schools during a recent protest tour.
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The debate over public versus private education quality is a central issue in Indian social policy and economic equity.
Poor quality of government schools and the rising cost of private education are putting an increasing burden on families in Telangana, and despite waiting through successive governments, the condition of government schools remained a serious concern, Telangana People’s Front member MV Reddy said on Thursday (September 24, 2026).
While education remains crucial for improving people’s quality of life, poor people continue to get crushed by exorbitant private school fees without good government schools, he said.
Mr. Reddy along with other team members were addressing a round-table in Vikarabad, organised as part of TPFs 12-day Vidya Bus Yatra , to highlight concerns over school education and for measures to strengthen public education and regulate the rising cost of private education.
Several school and junior college students participated and raised concerns over inadequate facilities. They said that a school with around 400 girls had only two toilets.
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