Hyderabad, June 24 -- The Telangana Gurukul Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TGSWREIS) board on Wednesday, June 24, approved UGC pay scales for degree college faculty, nine new Centres of Excellence (CoE) for competitive exam coaching and laptops for SC students pursuing higher education abroad.

The decisions were taken at the third Board of Governors meeting of TGSWREIS, chaired by Social Welfare Minister Adluri Laxman Kumar at the Dr BR Ambedkar Telangana Secretariat in Hyderabad.

Key decisions

The nine additional CoEs will prepare students from Class 9 for national examinations such as NEET and JEE. The board also approved artificial intelligence (AI) courses at the degree level and gave in-principle clearance f...