Complete Nadu-Nedu phase-2 works early, Jagan to officials

Vijayawada: Buoyed by increasing number of enrollments in government educational institutions, Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday asked the officials to complete phase-2 of Nadu-Nedu works in 25,000 schools, along with 468 junior colleges and speed up the works which are taking place at an expenditure of Rs11,267 crore. Under Nadu-Nedu, the government wants to improve the infrastructure of educational institutions to make them trust learning centres and reduce dropout rate, improve morale of the students, involve parents in management of schools.

Following a high-level review meeting held at Tadepalli near here, he told the authorities to get ready for Jagananna Vidya Kanuka and take steps to provide the kits by the time the schools reopen, irrespective of the expenditure as it is the responsibility of the government to take care of students. The officials informed that the total expenditure has increased to Rs 960 crore, with an additional expenditure of Rs 200 crore compared to last year.

Reddy reviewed the progress of various works being implemented by the Education Department and instructed the officials to ensure two intermediate colleges in each mandal, of which one should be for women. Speaking on New Education Policy (NEP), he directed the authorities to set up adequate classrooms for students and start the process of rolling out six types of schools in a phased manner beginning July, 2022. He stated that the subject-wise teacher placement programme should also be undertaken in line with the categorisation of schools for completion by July, 2024.