Hyderabad: BRS general secretary Dr RS Praveen Kumar on Sunday said his party would throw the Education Commission report into the dustbin if K Chandrashekar Rao returns to power, alleging that it insulted teachers and targeted the previous government.
Speaking at Telangana Bhavan, he claimed the report damaged the self-respect of 1.70 lakh teachers. He alleged that the commission attempted to undermine educators through its recommendations.
“The Education Commission report will be thrown into the dustbin after KCR comes back to power,” he said.
Education Commission report insulted teachers: RS Praveen Kumar
RS Praveen Kumar said teachers’ salaries should be decided by the Pay Revision Commission, not by the Education Commission report. He accused commission chairman Aakunuri Murali of preparing the document with bias.
“How can Murali say the education system was corrupted during ten years of KCR’s rule without any review?” he asked. He demanded that Chief Minister Revanth Reddy apologise to teachers.
The BRS leader alleged that earlier panels such as the Electricity Commission and Kaleshwaram Commission attempted to discredit KCR. Now, he said, the Education Commission report aimed to damage his reputation further.
Education Commission report criticised over key proposals
Praveen Kumar said the previous BRS government renovated 25,000 schools under the Mana Ooru Manabadi programme with an outlay of ₹7,900 crore. He added that several Gurukul institutions, medical colleges, nursing colleges and sports academies were established during KCR’s tenure.
He credited KCR with increasing salaries of teachers and employees through the PRC. According to him, such revisions had not occurred elsewhere in the country.
The BRS leader alleged that the State government used the Education Commission report as a pretext to avoid salary hikes. He criticised the recommendation to introduce tests for teacher promotions.
“Should there be no tests for IAS and IPS officers’ promotions?” he asked.
He also opposed suggestions to cancel engineering entrance examinations and grant admissions based on Intermediate marks. He argued that rural students would lose opportunities under such a system and claimed it would favour corporate colleges.
Further, he alleged that the Education Commission report recommended scrapping fee reimbursement, a move he strongly criticised.