Education sector neglected in TS: ex-Collector

Allocations cut from 10.89% to 5.89% since State formation, says Akunuri Murali

Former IAS officer Akunuri Murali has urged Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao to allocate 20% of the budget for education, given its prominence in pushing human resources abilities to a greater strength, which ultimately would empower people and strengthen the State’s economy. “Budgetary allocations for Education and Health must be given priority and the remaining sectors have to be taken care of after these sectors,” he said. He was speaking on behalf of the Social Democratic Forum, consisting of retired IAS officers, educationists and those working in the education sector. Mr. Murali said that the CM had ignored the education sector all these years and it had a trickle down effect with none in districts monitoring it, thus, affecting the entire sector. He urged KCR to review the education department on a regular basis.