Over 1k schools renovated under ‘Mana Ooru, Mana Badi’ opened

HYDERABAD: Over 1,000 renovated government schools were inaugurated on Tuesday as part of ‘Education Day’ in the ongoing Telangana formation decennial celebrations. These schools were renovated under the ‘Mana Ooru, Mana Badi’ scheme.
Education minister Sabitha Indra Reddy inaugurated Jillelguda Zilla Parishad School in Meerpet municipality.
“In the first phase of Mana Ooru, Mana Badi programme, 9,123 schools have been renovated at a cost of 3,497 crore.MLAs, MPs, MLCs and other public representatives opened the renovated schools,” she added.
She also commenced distribution of two pairs of uniforms (136 crore), free textbooks (190 crore) and Ragi java weekly once (at an annual cost of 35 crore) to about 25 lakh students studying in government schools across the state. She also started the distribution of notebooks worth 56 crore for 12 lakh students and tabs worth 34 crore to 20,000 teachers.
The minister also launched 25 civic reading centres in Rangareddy district. These reading centres have been set up in areas with a population of 2,500 approx and Rangareddy district has been selected for a pilot project. A total of 5,000 reading centres will be established in the state.