According to sources Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao said that his state government had decided to make Telugu a mandatory subject in all public and private schools from the coming academic year. CM KCR said they have decided to make Telugu a compulsory subject as it is our responsibility to respect our mother tongue and our culture. Meanwhile studying in English medium schools is becoming a must to acquire good education and don't want to spoil the career of children and that is the reason we are making it compulsory to include Telugu along with other subjects".
Meanwhile Telangana CM's decision came after he chaired a high-level meeting at Pragati Bhavan with Deputy CM and Education Minister Kadiyam Srihari along with other ministers likes KT Rama Rao and top bureaucrats like Rajiv Sharma. Moreover the CM said that the legislation would be passed in the current Budget session of the State Assembly.
Further CM KCR also insisted that at least one Telugu pandit must be
appointed in every private school and instructed the Education Department to
ensure the same. Previously in August last year, Vice-President Venkaiah
Naidu advised both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to make Telugu the language
of administration as well as a compulsory subject for people to get government
jobs.
