All schools in Telangana, whether it is government or private, are required to include Telugu subjects from Class 1 to Class 10, and it is no longer optional as per the order of the Telangana government. The new directive is around schools affiliated with CBSE, ICSE and IB and will be implemented from 2025-26 for the academic year.
In a day, however, the government released a directive that students of Class 9 and Class 10 would study in a simplified manner instead of the regular form. The first change is expected to be brought into action from 2025-26 for Class 9 and 2026-27 for Class 10 to assist such students, the majority of whom are not native to Telugu. The government thinks that this approach will make things easier for non-native speakers to learn while keeping up with the attitude towards the regional language.
This is in line with the Telangana (Compulsory Teaching and Learning of Telugu in Schools) Act, 2018, for making Telugu education compulsory in all schools, including government-aided Zilla Parishad, Mandal Parishad, and private schools. However, the previous BRS government did not apply the act fully, resulting in schools already having different implementations of it. Now, the current government is ready to take concrete steps to address the issue.
The stance is noted for the state’s drive to protect, keep and popularize the Telugu language to foil the subsequent generations from weakening their linguistic and cultural association. The government wants to create a Telugu compulsion across all educational institutions such that it empowers regional identity and accommodates non-Telugu speakers by offering a simplified curriculum.
This move to promote the regional language only cements the fact that other states, too, have been giving top priority to promoting the use of their native language, especially in the context of school education.
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