Andhra CM upholds reforms for quality education

Vijayawada: Underlining the need for improving quality of education, Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday reiterated his government's commitment to bring about reforms in the education sector.

He said that teachers have a prominent role to play in shaping the future of the students in this competitive world which is dynamic in nature. Speaking at the State level Teachers' Day (Guru Puja Utsav) function held here, the Chief Minister said that his government has been giving top priority to education sector and the various reforms ushered in are to fully prepare the students to face the competitive world they would be entering and teachers are the sculptors who mould the students' future.

Conveying greetings to the teachers and paying homage to Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, he said the reforms introduced in the State are aimed at providing a better society of youngsters and are not aimed at troubling the teachers and their commitment is to give prominence to public sector unlike the previous government which neglected the government schools to benefit the corporate schools with an vested interest.

During the past three years, for the education sector alone, the YSRCP government had spent over Rs 53,000 crore under various schemes that are aimed at placing our State ahead among the 28 States in terms of quality of education, increasing literacy rate, checking dropout rates and achieving 70 Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education.

From revamping the schools under Nadu Nedu, Jagananna Goru Muddha, English medium, Vidya Kanuka, CBSE, subject teachers Byju's pack, tabs to eight class students, digital classrooms, upgrading teachers skills, Vidya Deevena, Vasati Deevena among others.