Andhra Pradesh prepares to implement New Education Policy

The Andhra Pradesh Government has asked its officials to draft an action plan for the smooth implementation of the New Education Policy during which no anganwadi centre or any education centre would be closed and no employee would be laid off.  

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said no employee would be laid off from schools and Anganwadi centres during a review meeting on the progress of ‘Nadu-Nedu’ works in schools and Anganwadi centres. He directed the officials to prepare an action plan for the implementation of the New Education Policy.  

“There should be two types of schools. The first one should comprise Pre-Primary PP-1, PP-2, Classes 1 and 2. It should be within 1-km distance from the students, while the other should offer education to Class 3-10 students. It should be located within 3-km distance from the students,” the Chief Minister said. 
He said the aim of the education policy was to maintain the teacher-student ratio rational and added that it was not appropriate to have one teacher for four students or a single teacher for a large number of students. The approach of a single teacher teaching all subjects was also incorrect. 
He said, “The state education policy should be in sync with the National Education Policy. The aim of the government is to provide quality education, quality teaching and quality infrastructure according to National Education Plan.” 
“There are 18 subjects till Class 5 and the SGT teacher can’t handle them and a separate teacher is needed for each subject. Buy lands for schools that do not have playground under the ‘Nadu-Nedu’ scheme and prepare an action plan to include sports dress and shoes additionally under the Vidya Kanuka scheme,” he added. 

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