Schools to reopen today; pre-primary to be introduced in 210 schools in State
Ending a 49-day vacation, schools in Telangana are all set to reopen for Classes 1 to 10 for the academic year 2025-26 on Thursday.
For the first time, the State government has also decided to deliver 'early childhood care and education' and run pre-primary sections. The initiative is under Samagra Shiksha, the integrated scheme for school education, and the aim is to ensure the preschoolers are ready for Class 1 in the next academic year. Pre-primary will be launched in the districts of Hanumakonda, Jagtial, Jayashankar Bhupalapally, Kamareddy, Karimnagar, Kumuram Bheem Asifabad, Mancherial, Mulugu, Nirmal, Nizamabad, Peddapalli, Siddipet and Warangal.
The first day at school, officials in the Education department and District Collectors across the State said, will be a celebratory one focused on welcoming the students back. Principals and teachers have already been instructed to decorate the schools, and install entrance arches with flowers and banners.
The major task on the first day, however, is the distribution of school uniforms and textbooks and notebooks. School heads are also to monitor enrollment of students, which was keenly campaigned for during the week.
The new academic year is also a fresh start for 1.12 lakh teachers across the State who have undergone five-day capacity building workshops, and senior school officials who have attended residential programmes. The focus has been on student learning assessment: Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) modules for Classes 1-5 and Learning Improvement Programme (LIP) – for Classes 6 to 9. The Education department will also partner with AXL EkStep Foundation for 5,651 schools to improve FLN.
In a first, the School Education Department, learning from past year's experiences, has also taken up training sessions for cooks and sanitation workers to ensure food safety and overall school hygiene.
As per the 2025-26 school academic calendar, schools for Classes 1 to 10 will have 230 working days. The first summative assessment will be conducted from October 24 to 31, the second summative assessment for Classes till 9th is scheduled April 10 to 18.
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