Andhra’s problem of a primary deficit
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Andhra’s problem of a primary deficit

The Hindu  

Just off the main road and through an iron gate, lies the vibrant world of Koneru Basavaiah Chowdary Zilla Parishad High School at Patamata, a sub-locality of Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. This ZP high school is among the 15,715 schools identified in the State for a facelift in the first phase of the Mana Badi - Nadu-Nedu, launched by the A.P. He labels the decision to restructure schools as “arbitrary”, one that has adversely impacted the primary school system. “But neglect of the primary school system will not take us anywhere,” he says ruefully, alleging that as many as 3.26 lakh students have dropped out of government schools in the current academic year. But instead, the government is closing down schools,” he says, adding that the second phase of Nadu-Nedu was implemented in 70% of the total 2,115 municipal schools in the State with “50% of the works still pending”.

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Adequate teaching staff sought at govt. schools in Andhra Pradesh
1 week, 3 days ago

Adequate teaching staff sought at govt. schools in Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

Leaders of Navyandhra Teachers’ Association have urged the government to study the reasons behind the low performance of some of the State-run schools. In a statement on Friday, the association president K. Harikrishna and general secretary M. Srinivasa Rao said the new initiative of introducing star-rating for schools based on their performance was ‘pompous’ given the fact that more than …

Government urged to revoke GO 117 and revive three-tier school structure system
1 month, 1 week ago

Government urged to revoke GO 117 and revive three-tier school structure system

The Hindu  

Leaders of Andhra Pradesh Teachers’ Federation on November 16 urged the government to revoke GO 117 and revive the three-tier school structure system of primary, upper primary and high schools in the State. In a statement, the federation’s State president G. Hrudayaraju and secretary S. Chiranjeevi said in a meeting held between teacher unions and Director of School Education V. …

Only one teacher for 85 students in CCMC-run school in Kovai
6 months, 1 week ago

Only one teacher for 85 students in CCMC-run school in Kovai

New Indian Express  

COIMBATORE: A single teacher is managing the education of 85 students of the municipal corporation primary school at Kandasamy Nagar in Coimbatore. A parent, K Sivakumar, told TNIE that in the upcoming 2024-25 academic year only one female teacher who is also the headmaster in-charge, will have to teach students from Class 1 to 5 and also run the school …

One in seven Indian primary schools run by a lone teacher - The Hindu
1 year, 6 months ago

One in seven Indian primary schools run by a lone teacher - The Hindu

The Hindu  

The primary school in Koday Dih has 78 pupils but only one teacher, who is actually a para-teacher with rudimentary training. How come the proportion of single-teacher schools in India is still as high as 15 per cent, fourteen years after the Right to Education Act came into force? Click to remove AMP mode Jharkhand is one of the worst …

Inside Jharkhand’s single-teacher schools
1 year, 7 months ago

Inside Jharkhand’s single-teacher schools

The Hindu  

At 8 a.m., sleepy Rud, a village in Latehar district, north-western Jharkhand, livens up. “The lack of recruitment over the past few years was the main reason behind the rise of single-teacher schools,” says K. Ravi Kumar, the State’s Education Secretary. “Between departmental reporting, administrative work, and managing classrooms, I hardly give my students the attention they deserve,” says Mr. …

Subject teachers in all AP government schools to provide quality education, says CM
2 years, 1 month ago

Subject teachers in all AP government schools to provide quality education, says CM

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said on Thursday that the government has introduced the subject teacher concept in government schools to provide quality education to students. “The government is committed to providing the best education on par with corporate schools in the government schools.” The CM advised the school education department officials to consider “the investment in the …

Officials give a damn to govt schools and students
2 years, 1 month ago

Officials give a damn to govt schools and students

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: It has been noticed that students are increasingly losing interest in studies because the classrooms are crammed in a chaotic environment and there are hardly any facilities for them. Ironically, the worst case scenario is in primary schools, which actually should be the best as that is precisely where students get their first exposure to learning. Deccan Chronicle has, …

Nadu Nedu, other schemes raise enrolment in AP government schools
2 years, 4 months ago

Nadu Nedu, other schemes raise enrolment in AP government schools

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: The modernization of the government schools under Nadu-Nedu and the post Covid financial difficulties to the people are prompting more and more parents to send their children to state schools. The modernization of 15,715 government schools under the first phase of Nadu Nedu-Mana Badi at a cost of Rs 3,699 crore changed the government education scenario in the state. …

Nadu-Nedu transforms 15,000 government schools in AP
2 years, 8 months ago

Nadu-Nedu transforms 15,000 government schools in AP

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The innovative Mana-Badi Nadu-Nedu programme in Andhra Pradesh has brought revolutionary changes in more than 15,000 government schools in its first phase. Further, the uniform, dictionary, shoes, socks, textbooks, notebooks, belt and a school bag with Amma Vodi and the offer of English medium are is a big boon to children from ordinary families.” Political observers note that nearly …

Andhra Pradesh Govt Bets on NEP 2020 to Transform School Education in State
3 years, 4 months ago

Andhra Pradesh Govt Bets on NEP 2020 to Transform School Education in State

News 18  

The Andhra Pradesh government is betting big on the National Education Policy 2020 to transform school education in particular, through comprehensive academic and administrative reforms, with the key light on improving the learning outcomes. Various studies in recent years have exposed the “poor reading and comprehension skills” among students while the government has identified many “key concerns” that left the …

Andhra Pradesh\'s new Education Policy evokes mixed reactions
3 years, 4 months ago

Andhra Pradesh\'s new Education Policy evokes mixed reactions

Deccan Chronicle  

Vishakhapatanam: The AP government's ambitious plan for rejuvenating the school education system via the new National Education Policy-2020 from August 16 has evoked mixed responses from academics, teachers, and parents. There is no official decision on the NEP so far, vis-à-vis covering all 33,000 primary schools in 13 districts, but nearly 3600 of these schools have preliminarily been identified to …

2.68 lakh Andhra students shifted to Govt schools from private schools
4 years, 1 month ago

2.68 lakh Andhra students shifted to Govt schools from private schools

India Today  

As reported by the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister’s Office, a total of 2.68 lakh students have opted to take a transfer from private schools to government schools after the educational reforms introduced by the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy. Government’s effort to improve govt school standard The CMO told media houses that Jagananna Ammavodi, Nadu-Nedu, and Jaganna Vidya …

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