The Telangana Government has announced the inclusion of Telugu as a compulsory subject in all CBSE, ICSE, IB, and other Board-affiliated schools within the state starting from the upcoming academic year.
According to the official order, “SINGIDI (Standard Telugu)” will be replaced with “VENNELA (Simple Telugu)” with code (089) as per the CBSE subject list (Language Group – L) for Class IX from the academic year 2025-26, and for Class X from the academic year 2026-2027.
The state government passed the Telangana (Compulsory Teaching and Learning of Telugu in Schools) Act in 2018 to mandate the teaching of Telugu in government schools, as well as CBSE, ICSE, IB, and other Board-affiliated schools. However, the implementation faced several hurdles, particularly with non-Telugu-speaking students and the shortage of qualified teachers.
