Education Dreams Stalled by Funding Shortages

Rapid Summary

• Students at a Tribal Welfare Residential School for Girls in Vikarabad, Telangana protested the lack of math and chemistry faculty.
• In July 2025,students affiliated with Left organisations also protested in Hyderabad regarding poor education policies.
• The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed an examination into over 800 cases of suspected food poisoning in Telangana’s residential schools.
• The Congress-led Telangana government has allocated only 7.9% of its budget to education for 2025-26, below the national average of around 15%.
• Historically underfunded sence Telangana’s formation: Education budget dropped from 13.35% (2013-14) to just 7.3% (2022-23).
• Declining workforce in the education sector: personnel reduced from 1,56,957 at state formation to currently around 1,53,421.

– Specifically in school education: staffing fell by about ~5%, from ~1.37 lakh employees (2014) to ~1.31 lakh by FY23.
– Resultantly affected enrolment; government school attendance decreased sharply from 70.1%(educ-as Public trending.