Telugu is compulsory says KCR

Hyderabad, September 13: The Telangana Chief Minister K Chandra Shekhar Rao has issued the order ahead of the Education year in the Telangana region.

He said that Telugu is mandatory in the schools and colleges. He added that Telugu will be taught compulsorily in Telangana from Class 1 to Class 12 of schools following the state board syllabus from the 2017-18 academic year.

Chief Minister participated in the review of preparations for the World Telugu Conference here on Tuesday.

He said that all educational institutions in the State, both private and government, must teach Telugu as a compulsory subject from Class 1 to 12. He made it clear that only educational institutions teaching Telugu as a compulsory subject would be given recognition and permission to function.

The CM also decided not to allow different text books by different schools and directed the Telugu Sahitya Academy to prepare a common Telugu text book for all classes

The World Telugu Conference will be held from December 15-19 this year.for this, they have sanctioned the 29 crores.