BC association seeks 200 new hostels and Gurukul schools in Telangana
The National Backward Classes Welfare Association has urged the Telangana government to sanction 100 college hostels and 100 residential schools for backward-class students. At a Hyderabad protest, president R. Krishnaiah also called for permanent campuses, more student assistance and additional kitchen and support staff.
The National Backward Classes Welfare Association has demanded that the Telangana government sanction 100 college hostels and 100 residential schools, or Gurukuls, for students from backward classes. The demands were raised during a protest at Dharna Chowk near Indira Park in Hyderabad on Sunday. Rajya Sabha member and association president R.
Krishnaiah also called for permanent buildings for government hostels and Gurukul institutions across the State. Mr. Krishnaiah alleged that the proposed sale of government land was not in the public interest.
He urged the government to use such land for educational and welfare infrastructure instead of auctioning it. He said the BC Welfare Department was running 325 college hostels in Telangana, but several did not have their own buildings. He also said many Gurukul institutions established years ago still lacked permanent campuses.
According to the association, strengthening hostel and residential-school infrastructure would improve educational opportunities for students belonging to backward classes. It said better facilities were particularly needed by students pursuing professional and higher education courses. The association identified engineering, pharmacy, postgraduate and other programmes among the areas in which students required improved hostel support.
Its demands included increased financial assistance for hostel students. It also sought the appointment of adequate kitchen and support staff. The association maintained that existing manpower was insufficient to meet the needs of students living in the hostels.
The protest and demands focused on the use of public resources for education and welfare infrastructure. The source material does not state how the State government responded to the association’s proposals or whether any decisions were taken on the requested hostels, Gurukuls or buildings. The association’s position was that government land should be reserved for educational and welfare purposes.
Its broader demands combined the construction of new institutions with improved facilities and staffing at existing hostels.
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