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The Hindu
4 hours ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
Not exclusionary but structured, TGSWREIS on transfer of 192 students from its ‘centres of excellence'
Top-performing students deserve environments tailored to their advanced level of learning; the policy is not exclusionary in nature but is structured around academic specialisation, the Telangana Social Welfare Residential Institutions Society (TGSWREIS) said on its decision to transfer out sub-90% scoring students from its centres of excellence (CoEs) to regional centres. According to the findings of the State-level committee led by its secretary V.S. Alagu Varshini, 192 out of the total 1,600 students in its premier institutions, such as Gowlidoddi centre of excellence, did not meet its performance benchmarks. Particularly, 94 students failed to secure 85% marks, and 10 students failed in the Intermediate first-year examination. Hence, based on data, the decision was taken to transfer out the 'under-performing students' to next best CoEs, and bring 874 top-performing candidates from the CoEs and district schools to the premier centres. According to the Society, the government spends ₹1.35 lakh per student annually and supports the 'merit-based' policy in Gurukulams. The concluded academic year saw 1,393 students from various COEs and non-COEs scoring over 95% in Intermediate first-year examinations. At CoEs or 'flagship centres', students who score over 90% are trained to focus and excel in national tests such as IIT-JEE, NEET, CMA and CLAT. 'The aim is to get more TGSWREIS students into IITs, NITs, AIIMS and other top institutions. For that, premier CoE campuses must remain merit-driven,' Varshini said. 'The transferred students will continue to receive academic support appropriate to their performance tier, including JEE and NEET coaching,' she added. The Society added that the parents of top-performing students have welcomed the decision, but the protests are by parents who demand that the sub-90% students be allowed to continue in premier centres such as Gowlidoddi. 'Principals have clearly shown that these children are not only poor in performing academics but also disturb the environment for other children. Also, by replacing them with talented children, justice is done to the really talented. Even if we continue the poor performers, there is no scope for them to stretch with the inherent limitation,' the Society's official release stated. Officially, Gowlidoddi campus starting 2025-26 academic year will be an exclusively IIT-JEE preparation centre (separately for boys and girls), and similar premier or elite IIT-JEE centres with an increased strength of 400 are in Uppal (boys) and Alugnur (girls). The designated CoEs for NEET are in Chilkur (boys), Mahindra Hills (girls) and Falaknuma (girls). For MEC and CEC streams, institutions are at Saroornagar (girls), Ibrahimpatnam (boys), and Medchal (for CMA and CLAT preparation).
New Indian Express
03-06-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
NCSC notice to Telangana over IAS officer's remarks
HYDERABAD: The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has issued notice to the chief secretary and DGP over alleged derogatory comments made by Secretary of Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TSWREIS) Alagu Varshini against SC Gurukul students. The Commission has directed them to submit an action taken report within 15 days. The controversy erupted after an audio clip went viral, in which she was heard instructing school principals to assign students the task of cleaning toilets and hostel rooms in Gurukul schools. However, Varshini clarified that 'this is about life skills, not labour'. A purported audio clip of the officer 'instructing' principals at a recent review meeting to involve students in cleaning toilets, hostel rooms, as well as cooking meals has gone viral, drawing sharp criticism from the BRS. BRS MLC K Kavitha has said that each social welfare school had received Rs 40,000 per month during the K Chandrasekhar Rao regime for hiring four temporary workers for cleaning tasks. 'This has been stopped by the Congress government starting May this year,' she alleged. In a recent post on 'X', Kavitha said, 'The state government has also done away with having assistant caretakers in the 240 schools, forcing the students to take up the role of wardens and manage kitchens. Now the officer is forcing children to clean toilets in schools !!' The IAS officer, however, refuted the allegations and said they were just an activity to 'tarnish' the government. She emphasised that all the sanitation staff remain employed.
The Hindu
03-06-2025
- General
- The Hindu
Telangana Gurukul students shine in JEE (Advanced) 2025
A total of 97 students of Telangana Social Welfare Residential Society (TGSWREIS) out of 492 who appeared in the JEE (Advanced) 2025 achieved direct ranks while another 132 students secured preparatory ranks, in the results declared on Monday (June 2, 2025). The performance was better than the previous year's tally of 82 direct ranks. The preparatory ranks also rose by 11 numbers to 132 now. And these students would qualify for counselling by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA). According to Secretary Alagu Varshini, who congratulated the students, a special action plan with a team of expert faculty was administered to students who cleared the JEE Mains. The top rankers include Anaparthi Rajasekhar (166, Gowlidoddi), Goli Sindhuja (336, Madikonda), Durgam Charan (743, Shaikpet), N. Priyanka (1,019, Narsingi), H. Amrutha (1,156, Gowlidoddi), and B. Niharika (1249, PWD). A plan was also in place to identify high-performing students in general colleges — those scoring above 95% — and provide them with year-long coaching at centres of excellence like Gowlidoddi, Chilukuru, Narsingi and Karimnagar. The Telangana Tribal Welfare Residential Educational Society and the Telangana Eklavya Model Residential Schools Society has 146 students who secured ranks in the exam. Of the 285 students who were trained for JEE (Advanced), eight secured ranks in the open category, 20 bagged ranks below 1000 and about 80 students would qualify for the JoSAA counselling and secure seats. Its top rankers are G. Soniya (63), N. Shiva (95), B. Rahul (124), L. Santhosh (178), V. Vishal (244), H. Shiva Kumar (298), R. Pavan Kalyan (322), K. Manyam (337) and P. Prashanth (476). Secretary K. Seetha Lakshmi said a strict implementation of micro schedules, regular mock tests, personalised counselling of students, continuous monitoring with experienced principals and teaching faculty contributed to the students' success.
The Hindu
13-05-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
Gurukul society to start free skill development training, vocational courses from 2025-26
The Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TGSWREIS) will launch a free skills development training programme for all its students 2025-26 academic year onwards. Collaborating with Bengaluru-based Unnathi Foundation, the aim is to equip Gurukul students with skills to make them employable, said Secretary Alagu Varshini on Tuesday. Addressing the press, Ms. Varshini explained that the students in the age bracket of 18-25, including Gurukul's alumni, will be eligible to attend. With a combination of offline and online training modules, 200-hour training and 70-hour application-based practise sessions will be achieved. The programme will formally be launched in the Gurkuls on June 3. 'In addition, we will be starting 15 new vocational courses this academic year onwards. The target is to train 36,000 students as employees,' she emphasised. The TGSWREIS is also collaborating with French Institute of India- Embassy of France in India for certifciate courses for teachers and students of Gurukuls. Starting with A1 grade and progressing to B and C, a student could become proficient. The programme would also start in June. Ms. Varshini informed that a total of 1,69,171 applications for 57,523 admission seats were received this year. In two rounds of counselling, 55,504 seats have been filled and the remaining 2,019 seats will be vacant for the special category. The final round of counselling will be held on May 20.
