Overview

• Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy ordered facial recognition to be compulsory for students and staff across government schools, colleges and universities.
• All construction and infrastructure in education institutions will be handled solely by the Education and Welfare Infrastructure Development Corporation, with engineering staff to be deputed from other departments.
• Officials were told to clear mid-day meal bills through a green channel, prioritize solar-powered container kitchens, speed up toilets and boundary walls in girls’ institutions, and release pending sanitation payments for model schools.
• The government directed appointment of women counsellors in girls’ residential schools and gave priority to sports, including the option to hire physical education teachers on contract, and it sought a ten-year report on students educated in government institutions with an equity focus.
• Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka urged Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to keep education-development loans outside FRBM limits.