Hyderabad: The Revanth Reddy 10th board exams plan signalled a major education reform, with the Chief Minister stating that the exams may be scrapped in the future to align with the national “+2 system.”
Speaking informally to media persons at the Assembly premises on Friday, A Revanth Reddy described the State Budget as a “Welfare and Development Budget.” He said the government was actively examining education reforms and had already referred a report to the KK Committee.
Revanth Reddy 10th board exams plan tied to education reforms
Expanding on the Revanth Reddy 10th board exams proposal, he indicated that the State was considering structural changes in line with national education patterns. However, he did not announce a timeline for implementation.
Meanwhile, the Chief Minister addressed ongoing investigations into the Formula E car race and phone-tapping cases. He said the government would proceed strictly as per law and warned that rushing the process could weaken cases in court.
Former IPS officer Prabhakar Rao, a key accused, remains unavailable, which has delayed the probe. Therefore, authorities cannot take punitive action in the phone-tapping case until the investigation concludes.
At the same time, he criticised BJP leaders for remaining silent on drug seizures in the State. He alleged that such silence indicated collusion between the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Taking a dig at opposition leaders, he mocked BRS figures K.T. Rama Rao and T. Harish Rao. He claimed they had “confined” K. Chandrashekar Rao during the Assembly session.
Revanth Reddy 10th board exams plan linked to fiscal and governance issues
On financial matters, the Chief Minister said the government borrowed Rs.3.47 lakh crore mainly to clear past liabilities. He stated that Rs.3.3 lakh crore had already been repaid.
He also alleged that the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project failed to irrigate even a single acre despite heavy expenditure. According to him, the government used only Rs.17,000 crore as fresh loans over the past two years.
Further, he said GST collections crossed Rs.4,000 crore in two months. He added that Telangana’s Gross State Domestic Product was growing faster than the national GDP.
Regarding governance, he clarified that the government would not make immediate changes to districts or mandals. He also said removing MPTC and ZPTC posts would require a Constitutional amendment.
On MLC appointments, he said authorities would follow Supreme Court guidelines for nominations. In a veiled remark, he added that people would ultimately decide who deserved to be called the “Father of Telangana.”