Education in Andhra Pradesh

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The School Education Department of Andhra Pradesh, the largest department of the state, manages and regulates schools in various districts of the state.{{cite web |title=School Education |url=https://www.ap.gov.in/?page_id=334 |website=AP State Portal |access-date=6 June 2019}} The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools.{{cite web |title=School Education Department |url=http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf |website=Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan |publisher=School Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh |access-date=6 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319051231/http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf |archive-date=19 March 2016 |location=Hyderabad |date=26 March 2015}}{{cite web|title=Constitution of Working Groups|url=http://childinfo.ap.nic.in/SSA_FeedbackForms/WorkingGroups/group4.pdf|website=Commissioner and Director of School Education|access-date=7 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021151650/http://childinfo.ap.nic.in/SSA_FeedbackForms/WorkingGroups/group4.pdf|archive-date=21 October 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} These schools are categorized as urban, rural and residential schools.{{cite book |last1=Nagaraju |first1=M. T. V. |title=Study Habits Of Secondary School Students |date=2004 |publisher=Discovery Publishing House |isbn=9788171418930 |page=75 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pe8RUvwHxbcC&q=five+types+of+schools |access-date=6 June 2019 |language=en}} As per the child info and school information report (2018–19), there were a total of {{formatnum:7041568}} students,{{cite web |title=Student Information Day Wise Status Report |url=https://studentinfo.ap.gov.in/DSE_CI/check.do |website=Commissionerate of School Education |access-date=6 June 2019 |archive-date=6 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606073532/https://studentinfo.ap.gov.in/DSE_CI/check.do |url-status=dead }} enrolled in {{formatnum:62063}} schools respectively.{{cite web |title=School Information |url=https://schooledu.ap.gov.in/DSE/totalSchoolReport.xls |website=Commissionerate of School Education |access-date=6 June 2019 |archive-date=6 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606073539/https://schooledu.ap.gov.in/DSE/totalSchoolReport.xls |url-status=dead }} As per the students appeared for the Secondary School Certificate exam (2005), a majority of the students preferred Telugu and English as the medium of instruction. While, Urdu, Odia, Tamil, Kannada and Hindi were opted by a few.{{cite web|title=Statistics of SSC 2015 Results|url=http://bse.ap.gov.in/ssc_2015_results.aspx|website=Board of Secondary Education Andhra Pradesh|access-date=8 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107165451/http://bse.ap.gov.in/ssc_2015_results.aspx|archive-date=7 November 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

The Andhra Pradesh Board of Secondary Education (Directorate of Government Examinations) administers the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination.{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Sanjay |title=AP 10th Results 2019: Andhra Pradesh Board SSC results declared @ bseap.org, girls outshine boys – Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/ap-10th-results-2019-andhra-pradesh-board-to-release-ssc-results-live-updates-bseap-org/articleshow/69315531.cms |access-date=6 June 2019 |work=The Times of India |date=14 May 2019}} For the 2019 SSC exam, more than {{Nowrap|6 lakh}} students have appeared and recorded an overall pass percentage of 94.88%, a little increase from 94.48% of the previous year.{{cite news |last1=Team |first1=BS Web |title=AP SSC Result 2019 declared on manabadi.com, bseap.org; 94.88% pass |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/education/ap-ssc-result-2019-declared-on-manabadi-com-bseap-org-check-ap-10th-results-pass-percentage-toppers-list-highlights-119051400109_1.html |access-date=6 June 2019 |work=Business Standard India |date=14 May 2019}} In terms of district-wise pass percentage, East Godavari stood at the top with 98.19% and Nellore at the bottom with 83.19%.{{cite news |title=AP SSC Result 2019 declared, 94.88% students pass; check at bseap.gov.in |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/ap-ssc-result-2019-bseap-to-declare-class-10-results-on-may-14-check-at-bseapgovin/story/346326.html |access-date=6 June 2019 |work=www.businesstoday.in |date=14 May 2019 |location=New Delhi}} Schools which recorded a 100% pass percentage were 5,464, out of 11,000.{{cite news |title=AP SSC Result 2019 declared, 94.88% students pass; check at bseap.gov.in |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/ap-ssc-result-2019-bseap-to-declare-class-10-results-on-may-14-check-at-bseapgovin/story/346326.html |access-date=6 June 2019 |work=Business Today |date=14 May 2019 |location=New Delhi}}

The state initiated education reforms in 2020 by creating six types of schools namely satellite foundation school (pre primary), foundational schools (pre primary - class II), foundational school plus (pre primary - class V) and pre High school (class III - class VII/VIII) and high school (class III - Class X) and high school plus (class III - Class XII).{{Sfn|DOP|2023|p=12}} Transition to English medium education in all government schools started in the academic year 2020-2021 is expected to reach completion by 2024-25. 1000 government schools are affiliated to CBSE in the year 2022-23 as an initial step and the bilingual text books was adopted to ease the transition.{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/andhra-pradesh-first-state-to-adopt-cbse-system-for-government-run-schools/articleshow/95346646.cms |title=Andhra Pradesh first state to adopt CBSE system for governme |date=2022-11-07 |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=Times of India}} The state government is going ahead with English medium based on the parents survey despite protests and courtcases.{{Cite web |url=https://thefederal.com/states/south/andhra-pradesh/english-medium-schools-andhra-pradesh/ |title=Andhra schools’ transition from Telugu to English medium has roots in the far past |date=2022-05-19 |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=The federal}} The state initiative is being funded in part by loan from World Bank to the tune of 250M$ over 2021-2026 through "Supporting Andhra's Learning Transformation" (SALT) project to improve the learning outcomes of children upto class II level.{{Cite book |title=Program Appriasal document -SALT |publisher=World Bank |url=https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/149391624240914510/pdf/India-Supporting-Andhras-Learning-Transformation-Operation-Program-for-Results-Project.pdf |date=2021-05-20}}

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Technical education under the state control consists of Polytechnic and ITI for which admissions are centralised and conducted online.{{Cite web |url=https://polycetap.nic.in/Default.aspx |title=Polytechnic common entrance test home page |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=polycetap.nic.in}}{{Cite web |url=https://iti.ap.gov.in/login.jsp |title=Industrial Training Institutes - MIS |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=iti.ap.gov.in}} There are 85 government and aided, 175 private polytechnics in the state.{{Sfn|DOP|2023|p=13-14}}

{{See|List of institutions of higher education in Andhra Pradesh}}

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There are 169 government degree colleges and 55 private aided degree colleges in the state. 66 government colleges and 48 private aided colleges have valid NAAC grades. State has achieved 35.1% gross enrollment ratio, gender parity index of 0.84 as per AISHE 2019-20.{{Sfn|DOP|2023|p=13-14}} AP state council of higher education organises various entrance tests for different streams and conducts counselling for admissions.{{Cite web |url=https://cets.apsche.ap.gov.in/APSCHEHome.aspx# |title=AP state council for higher education home page |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=APSCHE}}

• Telugu language policy

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