Hyderabad, March 16 -- People's organisations and political parties have come together to exert pressure on the Congress government to implement its 2023 election assurance of allocating 15% of this year's budget to education. Though the organisations feel that it is still not enough to improve the quality of public education in government schools, they feel it could be at least something to begin with.

Civil society organisations and the left parties joined forces on Saturday, March 15, to launch a democratic struggle to save the education system in Telangana from serious crises.

During a meeting held at Basheerbagh Press Club with their sole demand of 15% on school education, the leaders of various organisations urged the state govern...