Telangana’s efforts in residential education were widely appreciated in UNICEF Workshop in Kolkata. In a workshop jointly organised by UNICEF India and Pratichi Trust in Kolkata on the theme ‘Children and the State’ from 28th to 30th August, Telangana and Kerala State representatives were specially invited to brief about the efforts both the governments have been putting in to improve quality and access of public education.
The Dr RS Praveen Kumar, Secretary, TSWREIS participated in the workshop and delivered a lecture on the topic ‘The Telangana Model of Residential Education’ and the vision of the chief minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao for educational advancement of marginalized children under the KG-PG Mission.
Many representatives were particularly impressed by the scale with which the government of Telangana was going ahead with the model of residential education which not only included increasing the number of schools rapidly, but also opening residential degree colleges for young marginalized women, summer camps, and transparent recruitment of teachers of higher quality.
The list of participants included Nobel Laureate, Prof Amartya Sen, economist Jean Dreaze and many professors and intellectuals of international repute, besides UNICEF officials.
