Scrap EAPCET, English medium from Class 1 and no automatic promotions to teachers; Education Commission recommends

Scrap EAPCET, English medium from Class 1 and no automatic promotions to teachers; Education Commission recommends

Hyderabad

The Telangana Education Commission has recommended sweeping reforms in the State’s education system, including the abolition of automatic promotions to teachers, introduction of English as the medium of instruction from nursery to university level, implementation of the three-language formula from Class I, and scrapping of EAPCET entrance examination.

The Commission submitted its report to Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Thursday, proposing that the education policy be made entirely student-centric.

It recommended that teachers should not be granted automatic promotions, but based strictly on performance evaluation every five years, followed by a detailed report. Teachers should be given two years to improve and if there is no improvement, they may be removed from service.

However, the Commission clarified that these norms should apply only to newly-recruited teachers and not to those already in service.

The Commission recommended that English should be the medium of instruction from nursery to university level. It also proposed implementing the three-language formula from Class I, with Telugu or Urdu, English, and Hindi being taught. Pre-primary education (Nursery, LKG, UKG) should be integrated into primary schools, responding to strong demand from parents.