Parliament Question: Railway Schools in Telangana

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 357 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.08.2026 RAILWAY SCHOOLS IN TELANGANA *357. SHRI VAMSI KRISHNA GADDAM: Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state: (a) whether the Railway EPC High School at Bellampalli is functioning only from Classes VI to X while primary classes remain discontinued and if so, the details thereof; (b) whether Railway employees are compelled to send their children to private schools due to absence of Railway-run primary and English- medium education facilities; (c) whether the Government proposes to reopen Railway PC School at Ramagundam which is closed since 2002–03 and if so, the details thereof; (d) whether the Government proposes to establish a full-fledged Railway- run english medium school in the Ramagundam–Peddapalli–Mancherial belt and if so, the details thereof; and (e) whether welfare-based educational benefits for Railway employees will be restored and if so, the details thereof including the timeline for its implementation? ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW) (a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House. ***** §STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF STARRED QUESTION NO.357 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.08.2026 IN LOK SABHA (a) to (e) EPC High School at Bellampalli is an English Medium School operational from Nursery to Class X. This school is not run by Railway, but is administered by Employees’ Parents’ Committee (EPC). Railways provide educational facilities in the form of Railway Schools within the available resources, purely as a measure of staff welfare to cater to the needs of children of railway employees at such places where educational facilities provided by other agencies (Government and Private) are inadequate. At Ramagundam, Peddapalli and Mancherial, many government and private schools serve the wards of Railway employees. Educational benefits related schemes such as Children Education Allowance and Scholarship from Staff Benefit Fund to Non-Gazetted Railway employees (upto Level 4) for Higher Technical/Professional Education continue to be admissible to Railway Employees. *****