Minister lists steps to improve amenities in schools

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD, OCT. 3. The School Education Minister, Mr. K. Srihari, on Wednesday reiterated that the Government treated all children in the 5 to 14 age group not going to school as child labour and was initiating steps to enrol them in schools.

Inaugurating a one-day conference on `Provision of basic amenities in Government schools and improvement in standards' here, the Minister said, of the 44 lakh children in 5 to 14 age group who were not going to school, 17 lakh had been enrolled. The remaining 27 lakh children would be covered in a phased manner, according to an official press release.

He said besides opening 7,500 new primary schools, 4,350 primary schools were upgraded to high schools. In all, 21,000 new posts of teachers were sanctioned, he added.

The Government had sanctioned Rs. 26.05 crores for school education in Hyderabad for the current academic year. An amount of Rs. 1.5 crores from this was for improving the basic amenities in schools.

The Roads and Buildings Minister, Mr. K. Vijayarama Rao and the Hyderabad District Collector, Mr. Rajeshwar Tiwari, spoke.

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