Telangana Shuts Schools, Colleges from 24 March Amid COVID Surge

This includes all hostels, gurukul schools, govt and private educational institutions but excludes medical colleges.

In view of the COVID-19 rising cases on campuses, the Telangana government on Tuesday has decided to temporarily close all educational institutions except for medical colleges across the state from Wednesday, 24 March. This includes all hostels, gurukul schools, government and private educational institutions in the state, except medical colleges.

Education Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy told the Assembly on Tuesday that keeping in view of the health of students and teachers, and to contain COVID-19 in the state, as a precautionary measure, the government has decided to temporarily close educational institutions starting from tomorrow (24 March, 2021).