Education Minister Kadiam Srihari said that there were 600 vacant junior lecturer posts in Telangana and the number could go up further if the vacancy position of contract lecturers teaching at junior colleges was taken into account.
The State government will try to fill up the vacancies after finalising regularisation of services of contract lecturers, Mr. Srihari told a press conference on Saturday. He also said there were demands for the establishment of new junior colleges but it would be looked into after 15 to 20 days.
The Minister said that of 402 junior colleges in the State presently, only 332 of them had their own buildings while 15 out of the remaining 70 institutions did not even have land and functioned from various premises that doubled up as schools and junior colleges. The government will release Rs. 140.75 crore this year for the improvement of infrastructure and basic facilities at junior colleges. The amount will be utilised for the construction of additional classrooms, furniture and laboratories at 69 colleges and compound walls for 33 colleges.
As part of the ‘Swachh Telangana-Swachh School’ programme, the government has pooled funds for the construction of toilets, water supply, kitchen sheds.