Chalo Collectorate on Aug 24: Jawahar Nagar slum seeks TPS school

A 2025 Siasat.com report highlighted the longstanding shortage of schools in Jawahar Nagar and the community’s efforts to secure a permanent composite school.

Hyderabad: Residents of Gabbilalpet and neighbouring slums in Jawahar Nagar will hold a “Chalo Collectorate” on August 24, demanding that the government allocate five acres of land in Gabbilalpet for a Telangana Public School (Model School) from Nursery to Class 12.

According to a press release issued by the Prabhutva Pathashala Sadhana Committee, Gabbilalpet, the campaign is centred on the demand that children should have access to a school in their own neighbourhood. The committee is seeking a permanent school with adequate infrastructure.

The programme will begin at 9 am on Monday, August 24, from the Ganesh Mandapam opposite the CPI office in Giriprasad Nagar, Jawahar Nagar. Participants will walk from Ganesh Mandapam to Malakaram, travel by bus from Malakaram to Veduru Vanam (Park), and proceed on foot from there to the Medchal-Malkajgiri Collectorate, the press release said.

The demand for a permanent school in Gabbilalpet has been pending for years. Residents have repeatedly raised concerns over the shortage of government schools in the Jawahar Nagar area and the difficulties faced by children who have to travel outside their neighbourhoods for education.

A November 2025 Siasat.com report had highlighted the shortage of schools in the Jawahar Nagar area, difficulties faced by children travelling to distant schools and the community’s efforts to secure a permanent composite school.

The current committee press release says the existing MPPS Gabbilalpet is functioning from a small rented building with limited facilities and space, with multiple classes being conducted under constrained conditions.

School closer to children

The committee’s principal demand is for a Telangana Public School (Model School) from Nursery to Class 12 in Gabbilalpet, with five acres of government land.
The committee says the school should be established with all necessary infrastructure and that the land should be allocated in accordance with the Telangana Education Commission’s recommendation.

The press release points to the wider Jawahar Nagar area having eight primary schools and two high schools, while noting the absence of a government junior college in Kapra mandal.
For families dependent on daily-wage work and other informal occupations, sending children to distant schools can involve additional transport costs and safety concerns. The committee argues that establishing the school in Gabbilalpet would allow children to continue their education closer to home.

Documents remain another barrier

Apart from the school, the committee is demanding arrangements to help children who do not have basic documents such as Aadhaar cards and birth certificates.

It has sought a dedicated mechanism for issuing the documents and said financial difficulties or lack of documentation should not prevent any child from accessing education.

A September 2022 Siasat.com report had highlighted children in Hyderabad slums being kept out of government schools over the lack of Aadhaar and birth certificates, including cases from Medchal district, where Jawahar Nagar falls. The report linked the documentation gap to children entering labour.

The current committee has therefore included documentation among its demands, seeking arrangements to facilitate Aadhaar, birth certificates and other essential documents for children from poor families.

The organisers also say the shortage of accessible schools is contributing to school dropouts and increasing children’s vulnerability to child labour and child marriage.

Retired IAS officers, former public representatives, journalists, social activists, student and youth organisations, teachers, parents and civil-society representatives are expected to participate in the Collectorate programme, according to the press release. The invitation lists former Telangana Education Commission chairperson Akunuri Murali and former MLC Prof. K. Nageshwar among those associated with the event.

The organisers have appealed to participants not to carry political party flags, scarves or caps during the programme.

The committee has said its campaign will continue until children in Jawahar Nagar have access to quality government education in their locality.

The Gabbilalpet march is also taking place amid the ongoing “School Thik Karo” campaign by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which has been conducting social audits of government schools across the country and highlighting gaps in infrastructure and basic facilities.