In 2024-25, the Telangana government allocated Rs 500 crore for the development of its universities. It spent Rs 5 crores — just 1 percent of what it had set aside. Across 12 state universities, 74 percent of professor posts are vacant. Sixteen percent of degree colleges do not have their own buildings. Thirteen colleges are functioning in dilapidated structures where, according to the Telangana Education Commission, students have been injured by falling fans in poorly maintained hostels.
