Residential schools find great demand

There is good demand for seats in social welfare residential schools and colleges run under TSWREI Society rather than private residential schools.

Parents admitted their children in social welfare residential schools far away from their villages as they see a bright future for their children.

D. Venkatalaxmi, District coordinating officer, TSWREI society said a crease has created for the admission in the residential schools was due to its unique programmes and good food and shelter and offering quality education.

She said as many as 7,000 students attended the test for class V this year and 8,000  for admission to the vacant seats in classes  VI to VIII.

The TSWREI is also holding summer camps for them and special programmes to improve English communication skills and spoken English. The mountaineering and rock climbing events for the students of the TSWREI brought the name and fame  for these institutions and its students Purna and Anand who climbed Mt Everest created a craze of sorts for admissions.

The existing demand for English medium education among the middle class and also poor has created demand for admission in these  schools where English is medium of instruction and majority of high schools upgraded to colleges.

Chindam Ramesh of Goleti said his son Vardhan Kumar finally got admission in class V in Social Welfare Residential School and said there was heavy competition for the seats in these institutions.

According to official sources, there are total 14 social welfare residential schools including five for boys and nine for girls in the district. As many as 8,550 students are studying in the already existing schools and 1,300 students got fresh admissions in new schools.

Kodipe Rajaiah of Tharividi in Kautala mandal who admitted their two daughters at Social Welfare Residential School at Asifabad said the institutions were offering quality education and focusing on the all-round development of the students.

Parents are of the opinion that things will improve at Social Welfare Residential Schools as the state government is going to fill nearly 5,000 teacher posts in these institutions soon.