Education policy should make students globally competitive

Hyderabad, December 23: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao today said that his state's education policy would promote professional excellence and make students "internationally" competitive. Telangana government's aim is to implement a free education policy from kindergarten (KG) to post-graduation (PG), Rao said while reviewing the state education policy here today, a release issued said here.

He would conduct a round-table conference on the proposed 'KG-to-PG' education policy, adding that the government would treat expenditure incurred on education as "very useful", the release said.

Rao said that he would send a team from Telangana state to places where the best educational policies are being implemented. He said that he favoured uniformity in the type of schools, syllabus, food menu as well as examination patterns and without caste or religious considerations, to achieve a society without any such differences.

The proposed state education policy should also promote moral values and promote professional excellence, the release said.

PTI